preferential voting

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noun

a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.

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Origin of preferential voting

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby preferential voting

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How to use preferential voting in a sentence

This is the weak point in Preferential Voting; any small section can ensure the rejection of a general favourite.
Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government|T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
A second method is to use Preferential Voting to decide which candidate should be eliminated at each successive count.
Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government|T. R. Ashworth and H. P. C. Ashworth
This city should elect its municipal officers by preferential voting.
The Making of Arguments|J. H. Gardiner
Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann

British Dictionary definitions for preferential voting

preferential voting

noun

a system of voting in which the electors signify their choices, as of candidates, in order of preference

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