transferable vote

British  

noun

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

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transferable vote

But it may also be because this race uses a single transferable vote system - and in a tight contest, second-preference votes could turn out to be crucial.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2023

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

Of course in an election run using the single transferable vote system, first-preference ballots are not everything.

From BBC ● May 9, 2022

List methods of proportional representation have been favoured on the Continent, the transferable vote in English-speaking countries, and the question naturally arises, whence this difference?

From Proportional Representation A Study in Methods of Election by Humphreys, John H.