Alternative Vote

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(modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preferenceAbbreviation: AV See proportional representation

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

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Example sentences from the Web for Alternative Vote

Weiss is likely to get confirmed even as Warren and a handful of other progressive Democrats vote no.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Whatever the FBI says, the truthers will create alternative hypotheses that try to challenge the ‘official story.’
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?|Shane Harris|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Asian-Americans may vote for Democrats now, but they are a highly persuadable—and growing—part of the electorate.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
"I will," gruffly replied the man, with a look which showed that he was sorry to be forced to choose the second alternative.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The bill to remove the civil disabilities of the Jews rejected in the British parliament by a vote of 288 to 165.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
They can, and they will, vote themselves and their friends or adherents into the good jobs and the high places.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
He had no alternative; he had as large interests in England as in Scotland, and armed opposition was out of the question.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Only a creditor who owns a demand or provable claim can vote at creditors' meetings.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

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