Alternative Vote

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Alternative Vote

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference See proportional representation

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proportional representation			IN his conference speech Gordon Brown announced a package of constitutional reforms including holding a referendum on whether to replace the first past the post voting system with the Alternative Vote (AV). Liberal PR exercise; Your Say by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) n IN his conference speech Gordon Brown announced constitutional reforms including a referendum on whether to replace the first past the post system with the Alternative Vote. Pen points; Letters by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) IN his conference speech Gordon Brown announced a package of constitutional reforms including holding a referendum on whether to replace the first past the post voting system with the Alternative Vote (AV) . Give voters choice; You Say Email:letters@liverpoolecho.co.uk by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			alternate headquarters alternate host alternate water terminal alternately Alternateness alternating alternating current alternating electric current alternating group alternating-gradient focusing alternation Alternation of generation alternation of generations alternative alternative birth alternative birthing alternative curriculum alternative energy alternative hypothesis Alternative Investment Market alternative medicine alternative pathway alternative pleading alternative school alternative theatre Alternative Vote alternatively Alternativeness alternator Alternity althaea althea Althea Gibson Althea officinalis Althea rosea Altheine Althing altho althorn Althorp House although Althusser alti- Altiloquence Altiloquent altimeter altimetry Altincar altiplano Altiscope Altisonant			Alternative to Transplant Alternative to Violence Project Alternative Tourism Group Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance Alternative Trade Network of Nigeria Alternative trading organization Alternative Trading System Alternative Transients Program Alternative Translational Initiation Database Alternative Transportation and Greenways System Plan Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands Alternative Transportation Modes Alternative Transportation Providers Alternative Treatment Order alternative treatment plan Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center Alternative Urban Areawide Review Alternative Valuation Date Alternative Valuation Dates Alternative Vehicles Task Force Alternative Ventures for at Risk Youth Alternative Veterinary Medicine Centre Alternative views on the origin of mankind Alternative Vision of Business Alternative Vote Alternative Water Supply Alternative Ways of Filing Alternative Whisky Academy Alternative Work Arrangement Alternative Work Environment Alternative Work Experience Program Alternative Work Force Alternative Work Schedule Alternative Workplace Arrangements Alternative Workplace Strategies alternative workspace Alternative Writ Alternative Youth Centre for Employment Alternative-complement-pathway C3/C5 convertase Alternative-Fuel Motor Vehicle Alternative-Fuel Vehicle Alternative-South Texas Educator Program Alternative2punk alternatively alternatively alternatively alternatively activated macrophage Alternatively Refined Carrageenan Alternativen für Gutes Licht Alternativen zu Tierexperimenten Alternativeness

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