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Message: Re: Got my voting instruction form in the mail....but

I  think its very possible my shares have been loaned out from my margin account and that I won't be able to vote them.  From investopedia:

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/shortsalevotingrights.asp

Voting Rights in Short Sales 

The short sale transaction starts with the investor inputting an order to short the shares by calling his or her broker or entering the trade online. The brokerage firm then finds the shares from one of the aforementioned three sources and sells the shares in the market; the proceeds are transferred to the account of the investor going short. The position is then closed out when the investor repurchases the equivalent amount of shares and they are returned to the brokerage firm.

To understand who is the holder of record, and thus who retains the voting rights, you just need to follow the shares. Initially, the shares are held by one of the three sources. Whichever source initially held the shares was also the holder of record. When the shares were used in the short sale transaction, the initial source lost its voting rights as it was no longer the holder of record. Even the margin account customer who holds the shares long will lose his or her voting rights in this situation—this is part of the margin account agreement.

The shares are then sold in the market, and the investor who purchases these shares becomes the holder of record for these shares, thus controlling the voting rights.



Read more: What happens to the voting rights on shares when the shares are used in a short sale transaction? https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/05/shortsalevotingrights.asp#ixzz5OS8s0Dee 
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