You can take a lump sum distribution from a previous employer's 401(k) plan up to the total vested account balance. After placing a distribution request, the plan sponsor or custodian sends a check directly to you, and the account is closed with the custodian.ou can take a lump sum distribution from a previous employer's 401(k) plan up to the total vested account balance. After placing a distribution request, the plan sponsor or custodian sends a check directly to you, and the account is closed with the custodian.
Some scholars have also argued that the use of repeated referendums to ratify EU treaties (such as the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon in Ireland) is also associated with a democratic deficit.The Lisbon Treaty was intended to reduce the democratic deficit in the European Union.ome scholars have also argued that the use of repeated referendums to ratify EU treaties (such as the Treaty of Nice and the Treaty of Lisbon in Ireland) is also associated with a democratic deficit.
In Africa as elsewhere, good or ,democratic governance is not possible without respect for the principles of the separation of powers and independence of the judiciary which postulate respect for constitutionalism, democracy and the rule of law.4 3.2 Separation of Powers Independence of the Judiciary, and Good Governance under NEPAD and the APRM Arguably, by stressing the promotion of democracy in their instruments, NEPAD and APRM favour the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary on which any modern democracy is based.