Sentence examples for preferential vote from inspiring English sources

In Australia the alternative, or preferential, vote is used in lower-house elections.

One criticism is that the "preferential" vote would give pork-barrel politics a new lease of life.

Parties would have to present a single list but voters could cast a "preferential" vote for an individual candidate.

The poll said that when Kendall and Cooper were eliminated and their second preferences redistributed under the preferential vote system, Corbyn would beat Burnham by 53% to 47% in the final round.

Returning officer Jo Miller said the result of the first preferential vote was "very tight".

Voting is by preferential voting, with peers ranking the candidates in order of preference.

STV uses preferential voting in multi-member constituencies.

Also, with the introduction of full preferential voting, this cost me the seat.

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

A referendum on introducing a form of preferential voting to Britain was defeated in 2011.

Ludlam said: "What it shows is that WikiLeaks effectively doesn't understand preferential voting.