A note from the recent Apple shareholder’s meeting:
An inquiry about proposal one, re-electing the board of directors, asked if there really was any choice at all in the re-election of the board, since Apple’s shareholder notice notes “The six nominees for director receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of the shares entitled to be voted for them shall be elected as directors.” There were a total of six nominees. Heinen said that people did have the option of not voting. Jobs then commented that he received 83% of the votes to be re-elected, the highest second to Al Gore who received over 90%. Gore added, “Does it matter who has the most votes?” which sent the crowd into laughter.
I’m assuming they don’t use butterfly ballots at Apple, since that insect is now wholly-owned by Microsoft…
