single transferable vote

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Noun

single transferable vote (plural single transferable votes)

  1. A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota.

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