Different voting systems allow each voter to cast a different number of votes - only one (single voting as in First-past-the-post voting, Single non-transferable...

where each voter casts just one vote in a multi-seat district is known as single non-transferable voting. Plurality voting is widely used throughout the...

known as the Transvaal Republic, set a voting age of 18 years. The effort was, like later legislation expanding voting rights for women and impoverished whites...

Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on...

The term ranked voting, also known as preferential voting or ranked-choice voting, pertains to any voting system where voters indicate a rank to order...

Runoff voting can refer to: Sequential-loser methods based on plurality voting: Two-round system, a voting system where only the top two candidates from...

Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election....

Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's...

electronic voting machines. Traditionally, a voting machine has been defined by its mechanism, and whether the system tallies votes at each voting location...

Voting interest (or voting power) in business and accounting means the total number, or percent, of votes entitled to be cast on the issue at the time...

the most votes" and can therefore be confused with "plurality". Plurality voting system Plurality-at-large voting Plurality opinion Voting system For...

several times to vote. It is also known as the alternative vote, transferable vote, ranked-choice voting (RCV), single-seat ranked-choice voting, or preferential...

titles beginning with Vote Voter (disambiguation) Voting logic This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Vote. If an internal link...

first-past-the-post (FPTP), instant-runoff voting (IRV), block voting, and ranked-vote block voting – one party or voting bloc can take all the seats in a district...

Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in...

Weighted voting refers to voting rules that grant some voters a greater influence than others (which contrasts with rules that assign every voter an equal...

point that such specific concerns tend to dominate their voting patterns, causing them to vote together in elections. For example, Beliefnet identifies...

Cumulative voting (also accumulation voting, weighted voting or multi-voting) is a multiple-winner method intended to promote more proportional representation...

Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence...

Approval voting is an electoral system in which voters can select any number of candidates instead of selecting only one. Approval voting ballots show...

increased: 1852 – Women lost the right to vote, and the minimum voting age was specified as 20. 1864 – Voting was restricted on the basis of new qualifications—literacy...

Electronic voting is the standard means of conducting elections using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in India. The system was developed for the Election...

Score voting, sometimes called range voting, is an electoral system for single-seat elections. Voters give each candidate a numerical score, and the candidate...

voting, have been diverse, including cutting corporate revenues, removal of key executives, and reputational damage. The modern idea of dollar voting...

Limited voting (also known as partial block voting) is a voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available. The positions...

categories of voting systems. There are several voting systems that allow independent ratings of each candidate. For example: Score voting systems, where...

preferential voting. The voter ranks the candidates in order of preference, and when the votes are counted, the first preference votes only are counted...

Vote swapping, also called co-voting or vote pairing, occurs when a voter in one district agrees to vote tactically for a less-preferred candidate or party...

Electronic voting by country varies and may include voting machines in polling places, centralized tallying of paper ballots, and internet voting. Many countries...

A voting trust is an arrangement whereby the shares in a company of one or more shareholders and the voting rights attached thereto are legally transferred...