There are 5M preferred shares in the AS but in the

There are 5M preferred shares in the AS but in the fins they say zero preferred have been authorized.

Yes you are the owner and voter of your shares.

Shorts can only borrow our shares if they were are margin which you can't buy shares on margin in the OTC.

So shorts have to borrow straight from the brokerage firms and the firm has to agree to sell them short. But the shorts become the owner and voter for those shares.