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preferential voting
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preferential voting
n.
A system of voting in which the voter ranks candidates in order of preference.
preferential voting
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a system of voting in which the electors signify their choices, as of candidates, in order of preference
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Earlier this week, one of the Republican candidates for the June 3 special election to fill a City Council seat in Queens, Tom Ognibene, accused the Board of Elections of giving the other Republican candidate, Anthony Como, preferential ballot placement.
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The Australian model Having rejected the status quo and MMP, Simpson arrives at an alternative loosely modeled on Australia--namely, a preferential ballot (3) for a single-member-district House of Commons and PR for an elected Senate.
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