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transferable vote

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transferable vote
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a vote that is transferred to a second candidate indicated by the voter if the first is eliminated from the ballot


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Using the Single Transferable Vote system would allow Scotland to split from the rest of the UK without a clear majority in favour.
And the council elections were conducted for the first time in Scotland by the single transferable vote - STV - which requires voters to choose their three or four favoured candidates, ranking them through 1,2, 3 and 4.
n Changing the current election system to replace it with a form of proportional representation, known as the Single Transferable Vote (STV).
 
 
 
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