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transferable vote

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noun

  1. a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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