transferable vote
Britishnoun
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Voters under the new system will elect three City Council candidates per district using a form of ranked-choice voting known as proportional representation or single transferable vote.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Under the single transferable vote system, ballots are counted in rounds with city council candidates only needing 25% of the vote to win.
From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Northern Ireland uses the single transferable vote proportional representation electoral system.
From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2017
The winner will be decided through a single transferable vote system that will see members rank the four candidates in order of preference.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2016
The single transferable vote was proposed to attain this result.
From Proportional Representation Applied To Party Government by Ashworth, T. R. (Thomas Ramsden)
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