when voting by proxy remotely shareholders may be eligible to vote by mail phone or internet shareholders use the information in the proxy statements to aid in the decision making process 
anyone can look up a public company s proxy statement via the sec website under the name def 14a benefits of proxymanagement ensures that ownership interests are fully represented by encouraging shareholders that are unable to attend annual meetings to vote by proxy before the annual meeting each shareholder is issued a proxy card allowing them to state their votes in writing or designate a third party to vote on their behalf proxy voting allows shareholders to vote on the composition of the company s board the compensation of its officers and the company s accounting firm it also allows voting on shareholder proposals during corporate elections the board of elections will recommend their preferred candidates or choices but the final decision is up to each voter real world example of a proxybelow is a portion of the proxy statement for tesla inc in 2022 3 it lists the date and time of the company s annual general meeting and has instructions for shareholders who wish to participate in the meeting virtually it also lists the company officers and shareholder proposals that are to be voted on in the meeting along with the board s recommendations below is the proxy card showing the specific board members that were to be voted on as well as some of the proposals by management if the shareholder wanted to vote the proxy card could be mailed to the corporation securities and exchange commission