Definitions for electoral system
elec·toral sys·tem

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1. voting system, electoral systemnoun

   a legal system for making democratic choices

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1. Electoral system

   An electoral system or voting system is a set of rules that determine how elections and referendums are conducted and how their results are determined. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, non-profit organisations and informal organisations. These rules govern all aspects of the voting process: when elections occur, who is allowed to vote, who can stand as a candidate, how ballots are marked and cast, how the ballots are counted, how votes translate into the election outcome, limits on campaign spending, and other factors that can affect the result. Political electoral systems are defined by constitutions and electoral laws, are typically conducted by election commissions, and can use multiple types of elections for different offices. Some electoral systems elect a single winner to a unique position, such as prime minister, president or governor, while others elect multiple winners, such as members of parliament or boards of directors. When electing a legislature, areas may be divided into constituencies with one or more representatives. Voters may vote directly for individual candidates or for a list of candidates put forward by a political party or alliance. There are many variations in electoral systems, with the most common systems being first-past-the-post voting, block voting, the two-round (runoff) system, proportional representation and ranked voting. Some electoral systems, such as mixed systems, attempt to combine the benefits of non-proportional and proportional systems. The study of formally defined electoral methods is called social choice theory or voting theory, and this study can take place within the field of political science, economics, or mathematics, and specifically within the subfields of game theory and mechanism design. Impossibility proofs such as Arrow's impossibility theorem demonstrate that when voters have three or more alternatives, no preferential voting system can guarantee the race between two candidates remains unaffected when an irrelevant candidate participates or drops out of the election.

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1. electoral system

   An electoral system is a collection of rules and procedures by which voters elect representatives to public office. This includes processes like how votes are cast and counted, how political parties and candidates are presented, the decision-making method for determining winners, and any regulations around candidate selection and campaign rules. Different electoral systems can include majority vote, proportional representation, plurality voting, and ranked-choice voting, among others.

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1. electoral system

   A form of system cocreated for a type of election

   Many countries use a proportional representation electoral system

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 21, 2021  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of electoral system in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of electoral system in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of electoral system in a Sentence

1. Gabriel Wer:

   We're in mourning because we know the electoral system we have nowadays is not the best; it's not the one we could have, and it's not the one we deserve, we wanted to show in a very visible way that we're outraged with this situation, with a process that has been corrupted. There are more than 1,400 candidates being investigated who are still running (out of a total of 23,497).

2. Jake Johnston:

   The key for whoever is provisional president is to restore credibility to an electoral system which no longer has the trust of the Haitian people. Less than a quarter of all registered voters participated in October. In order to achieve this, first, there must be an investigation and verification of the October 25 vote.

3. Carrie Lam:

   In this election, 1.35 million voters cast their votes. They did not just return candidates of their choice to LegCo, and I think it was also because of their support for the improved electoral system.

4. Rodrigo Peñailillo:

   After 25 years this allows us to end an electoral system that was unique in the world and which has much done much damage to Chilean democracy.

5. Lina Hidalgo:

   We have no evidence to suggest that the full count, once certified, that will happen later this week is not accurate, we don't need to go there, because that tears down trust in our electoral system.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=electoral system
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_System
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