alternative vote

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alternative vote

noun alternative votes

A voting system in which each voter lists the candidates in order of preference. At each stage the candidate with the fewest votes is excluded and their votes transferred according to the voters' preferences.

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@misc{alternative_vote_2026,
  title = {alternative vote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alternative%20vote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}