What happens if I don't vote as a shareholder?
598223
Brokerage won't vote.  If you don't vote, by default you are agreeing with whatever officers of the company are proposing.  So really you are shooting yourself in the foot, especially if you don't read what they are throwing at you.\n\nRival
1155844
When you buy a share of stock, you're buy a piece of the company, even if it's only a very small piece.\n\nYou become an owner of that company along with anyone else who owns stock in it. Each share has a voting right, so you can vote for the board of directors, the auditors and any other issues.\n\nYou make money if the company does well, and receives more income than it costs to produce that income. You'll make money either by receiving a dividend, by selling the stock to someone else for more than you bought it, or both.\n\nCompanies also have down periods, and could lose money during this time, but only if you sell your stock. You may decide to hold on and wait  it out. Look at the people who held on to Apple Computers.\n\nThere are a lot of books that explain the stock market. You can find them at your local library.
347816
You shouldnt ask people what they are going to vote for, then that would mean that your vote wouldnt be from you. You should vote your yourself, and its not like one vote is going to make the world of difference anyway.
495422
Maybe you are happy with the way things are run, so you see no reason to vote.  But maybe you don't know yet how the government affects you.  Once you do, you may want to vote, or maybe you will think that your vote is powerless to change the system.  It is good that you are at least asking the question.
106759
Typically an LBO will be structured so that the target will be merged into the shell that they are going to lever up with the debt that they will use to buy out the current shareholders (you).  Assuming they can get at least 51% of the shares to vote in favor of such a merger (if they obtain more than 90% they don't even have to submit it to a vote but can squeeze you out), your only option will be to accept the merger consideration per shares (which will need to be outlined to you) or to exercise your dissenter's rights.  If you exercise your dissenter's rights, you are asking for a court to opine on the fair market value of your shares.  Most deals (and almost every public deal) gets a fairness opinion from an investment bank -- its unlikely that the amount per share that the bank has signed off will be found deficient in a court.
721167
It means that upon your demand, the company has 45 days in which to include the shares issuable upon exercise of your warrant in a registration statement - which enables you to sell the shares (if you want to). It's fairly common for there to be a penalty if the company is unable to file a registration statement within the specified time period.\n\nIssuing new shares would be dilutive; but, the shares that were issuable should have been factored into diluted EPS\n\nTo exercise the warrant, there should be a form to exercise. If you don't have it, contact the company's investor relations department
730852
Well, for publicly traded companies, just call their investor relations departments and ask for the annual shareholders' report.  They'll be happy to send it to you because they would like you to believe giving them your money is a good idea.\n\nCompanies that aren't publicly traded aren't required to have annual reports or tell anyone anything about their businesses.
945684
Your sample ballot tells you where to vote. If you don't have a sample ballot you have no business voting.
776202
I don't think so.  If people don't want to vote, why make them?  Will it mean anything if they just pick random people because they don't want to be there?
930825
If you are eligible to vote and do not vote, then no, you should not complain. But, if you could not vote because of your age or legal status  then I suppose you can, if and only if you participate in civic affairs.\nI personaly feel that it is not enough to just vote, but to actually get your voice heard through civic participation.
861760
No.  Bring an ID or utility bill "just in case".  But if you have voted before or have recently registered you don't need to show any form of ID.\n\nIf you haven't voted in a while you may be asked to provide your date of birth.
857048
I do worry about it.  I'm pretty sure that if Al Gore's former company made the Diebolds and the Dem's started winning you'd hear some very vocal protests from the other side.\n\nHere's a link to an article about a study on the 2004 elections: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0411/S00229.htm\n\nIf you vote by absentee ballot you can be sure of a paper record of your vote.  It's too late for this election but request an absentee ballot for the next election.
540046
Agree 100%. People who don't vote shouldn't complain. They had their chance to voice their opinion they same as everyone else by casting a vote. If they chose not to vote then they need to shut up!!!
828690
absolutyl, if you can vote its your civic duty to vote, if you dont vote then you have NO RIGHT  to complain
672783
IF YOU DON'T VOTE YOU FORFEIT YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE INCOMPETANCE THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH BUSH&CO. I PROUDLY VOTED AGAINST THEM!!
1173805
You have a near fatal car accident on the way to the polling booth. Not much else is a good enough reason. If you are away you can do your ballot by postal vote. Unless there is a compelling reason on the day then you should have enough warning to do something about it. Otherwise they will not accept a non-vote and you will get a fine.
967637
I DONT VOTE SORRY \n\nmort\n were do i go to do this \n???????????????????