preferential voting

noun

variants or less commonly preferential system

: a system of voting whereby the voter indicates his order of preference for each of the candidates listed on the ballot for a specified office so that if no candidate receives a majority of first preferences the first and second preferences and if necessary third and other preferences may be counted together until one candidate obtains a majority

called also alternative vote

compare hare system, proportional representation

单词	preferential voting
释义	preferential voting noun variants or less commonly preferential system : a system of voting whereby the voter indicates his order of preference for each of the candidates listed on the ballot for a specified office so that if no candidate receives a majority of first preferences the first and second preferences and if necessary third and other preferences may be counted together until one candidate obtains a majority called also alternative vote compare hare system, proportional representation
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