Cumulative voting gives a minority shareholder a better opportunity to elect someone to the board of directors.

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Cumulative voting allows shareholders to concentrate all of their votes onto one candidate, giving minority shareholders a better chance at electing a director. This is in contrast to the more common method of straight voting, where a shareholder can only cast one vote per share owned, which can disenfranchise minority shareholders.

Cumulative Voting Gives a Minority Shareholder a Better Opportunity to Elect