Supermajority rule gave southern Democrats an effective veto over any presidential nominee for many years, until the rule's abolition at the 1936 Democratic National Convention. A majority vote, or more than half the votes cast, is a common voting basis. Instead of the basis of a majority, a supermajority can be specified using any fraction or percentage which is greater than one-half (i.e., 50%). It can also be called a qualified majority. Common supermajorities include three fifths (60%), two thirds (67%), and three quarters (75%). A two-thirds vote, when unqualified, means two-thirds or more of the votes cast. This voting basis
General quarters announcement would be made using the vessel’s public address system (known as the 1MC): “General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. The direction of travel is up and forward on your starboard side, down and aft on your port side.” General quarters General quarters, battle stations, or action stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal that all hands (everyone available) aboard a ship must go to battle stations as quickly as possible. According to "The Encyclopedia of War", formerly "[i]n naval service, the phrase "beat to quarters" indicated a particular kind of drum