For the city to change control, there must simply be more "yes" than "no" votes, and the change takes place instantaneously.
However, Republicans won both chambers of the legislature and the governorship in 2010, the first time all three changed partisan control in the same election.
Biddle changed operational control to the 6th Fleet on 18 June.
She changed operational control to the Sixth Fleet while at Rota between 15 and 17 March.
On 25 April, she changed operational control from the 1st Fleet to the 7th and, three days later, steamed into Yokosuka.
It's constructed to protect and not to change the ownership and control of power.
During this episode, Basilone changed operational control to the 6th Fleet on 2 October.
The longer the Separatist players wait before calling it, the more likely it will be for each territory to change control.
They have been sought after in a variety of recent proxy battles designed to change corporate control - but with mixed success.
The Republican victory reduces the Democratic majority in the Senate to 23 to 17 but does not change control.