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a system of voting designed to permit the voter to indicate an order of preference for the candidates on the ballot.[1865-70]
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preferential voting
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preferential voting — /ˌprɛfərɛnʃəl ˈvoʊtɪŋ/ (say .prefuhrenshuhl vohting) noun a system of voting which enables the voter to indicate his or her order of preference for candidates in the ballot. If no candidate achieves an absolute majority, the candidate with fewest …
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Optional Preferential Voting — (OPV) is a system of vote casting used in the states of Queensland and New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia. Most Australian elections are run under full preference preferential voting, where all candidates must be numbered in order… … Wikipedia
full preferential voting — noun a form of preferential voting in which voters must indicate their order of preference for all the candidates. Compare partial preferential voting, optional preferential voting …
