Preferential balloting is a voting system where people rank their choices in order of preference for a particular candidate or option. It allows voters to express their preferences more accurately by indicating their second, third, and subsequent choices.
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«preferential»
«balloting»
Sentences with «preferential balloting»
- With nine nominees for Best Picture, it feels like this year's race will almost certainly go the route of preferential balloting. (theringer.com)
- If the changes only affect the provincial interests in a trivial manner, such as preferential balloting, Pal suggests it could be more strongly constitutional. (slaw.ca)
- I'm inclined to think so, though I'm not dumb enough to pretend anything is impossible this season, and I still think both films are well - positioned in a preferential balloting scenario. (nextprojection.com)
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