plural voting

British  

noun

1. a system that enables an elector to vote more than once in an election

2. (in Britain before 1948) a system enabling certain electors to vote in more than one constituency

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plural voting

Thus, Labor's bill to reapportion seats in Parliament called, as well, for an end to a time-honored anachronism: plural voting.

From Time Magazine Archive

The plural voting proposal contained in the Government bill of 1910 was abandoned.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

But if the best hopes which can be formed on this subject were certainties, I should still contend for the principle of plural voting.

From Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

By reason of its plural voting features the measure was not well received, even though the plural vote was not made in any way dependent upon property.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

For an able defense of plural voting under the system prevailing in Belgium see L. Dupriez, L'Organisation du suffrage universel en Belgique.

From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg