Fearing that other townships would follow Buyun's example, a year ago the party issued "document number 12" which ordered that the usual indirect method of election be adhered to.But there were loopholes in the document's wording that Buyun seized upon.
The suits were consolidated and heard in Jefferson County circuit court, which claimed it had no authority to interfere with the method of deciding contested elections prescribed by the state constitution, an outcome that favored Beckham.
It was devised by the framers of the United States Constitution to provide a method of election that was feasible, desirable, and consistent with a republican form of government.
Alternative vote (AV), also called instant runoff, method of election in which voters rank candidates in order of preference.
The 1799 constitution changed the method of selecting the governor to direct election by majority vote and prescribed that, in the event of a tie vote, the governor would be chosen by lot in the Kentucky General Assembly.
The method of selecting justices was changed from statewide election to appointment by the governor.
In 1913, ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution changed the method of choosing senators from legislative vote to election by the people.
The method of counting votes hasn't changed in Florida from the two previous presidential elections.
