1.   An addition would require seven votes.

2.   An official secession could require another vote and negotiations could take at least another year -- even if the measure passes.

3.   Antonovich balked at the proposal, saying the board should stick with its current rule requiring seven votes for a motion to pass.

4.   Any action by the commission, which has five members and one vacancy, requires four votes.

5.   Approval of something as sensitive as expanded gaming usually requires Democratic votes, too.

6.   Any action on the report by the commission would require four votes.

7.   As part of the agreement, the U.K. will end its policy of non-cooperation within the European Union, through which it had blocked EU measures requiring unanimous votes.

8.   A conviction would require a vote of two-thirds of the Senate.

9.   A guilty verdict would require the votes of at least six panel members.

10.   A permanent move to interleague play would require another vote.