| 单词 | alternative vote |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalternative vote alternative vote n. a system of voting in which the voter ranks the names of the candidates in order of preference (abbreviated AV); cf. preference voting n. at preference n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > systems of voting scrutin de liste1851 cumulative vote1853 Australian ballot1888 preference1900 alternative vote1908 list system1908 preference voting1908 scrutin d'arrondissement1921 list voting1954 AV1965 1868 Times 4 Mar. 8/5 The returning officer would proceed..to receive votes for any one candidate until his return had been secured, after which the votes of electors desirous of returning him would be transferred to the person to whom they had given the alternative vote.] 1908 Times 3 Jan. 5/3 Far preferable is the amended form [of the second ballot], called for the sake of conciseness the system of alternative vote. This system..has the added value of being a simple education in preferential voting of the easiest kind. 1910 Rep. Royal Comm. Elect. Systems (Cmd. 5163) 3 The Alternative Vote. Here the voter is invited to arrange the candidates in the order of his choice by placing the figures 1, 2, 3..against their names. 1926 C. G. Hoag & G. H. Hallett Proportional Representation x. 483 Such a preferential ballot is provided under the single transferable vote used as a majority system, known in Australia simply as ‘preferential voting’, in Great Britain and Canada as the ‘alternative vote’. 1966 Listener 25 Aug. 289/3 He could be freed from this bondage..through the introduction of the alternative vote. 1997 A. Barnett This Time vi. 199 If the proposal is endorsed, Londoners will then be able to vote in elections for the Mayor using a form of alternative vote. < as lemmas |
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