What happens to all the unused votes when shares are held in street name?

External question — Personal Finance Stack Exchange Author: Flux Original post: https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/133266 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Adaptation: HTML converted to plain text; contact email addresses removed. Suppose there is an upcoming shareholder vote. If my shares are held in street name, and I decide not to participate in the vote, what will happen to the votes that I don't cast? Can my broker use my shares to vote in any way they want?