Sentence examples for preferential system from inspiring English sources

In would also enshrine an optional preferential system above the line.

The package would also enshrine an optional preferential system above the line.

These would then be presented to the wider electorate, where everyone would have an equal say in a preferential system.

The system of elections for the House of Assembly is proportional representation by the single transferable vote; for the Legislative Council the preferential system is used.

In the ballot, party members and registered union supporters will rank candidates in a preferential system, with the lowest-ranked candidate dropping out round by round and their votes transferred until one candidate reaches 50% of those voting.

The final round of voting for Best Picture will continue to employ the preferential system, regardless of the number of nominees, to ensure that the winning picture has the endorsement of more than half of the voters.

Under preferential systems, such as that used in Australia, voters rank candidates on the ballot, so that if their first choice fails to poll enough to win, then votes for their second choice are still counted.

One system is a spermidine-preferential system and the second one a putrescine-specific system.

An earlier version reported that Natalie Bennett said Britain needed to introduce a preferential voting system.

For the best picture category, the Academy, unlike Bafta and others, uses a preferential ballot system.

In a compulsory preferential voting system, that sentiment ends up somewhere.