Definitions for voting system
vot·ing sys·tem

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1. voting system, electoral systemnoun

   a legal system for making democratic choices

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1. voting systemnoun

   A system used to determine the result of an election based on voters' preferences.

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1. voting 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. voting system

   A voting system is a method or process by which individuals, referred to as voters, choose or select among options or candidates, typically in an election. This can be achieved through various forms of expressing preferences such as a simple majority, preferential voting, or some form of weighted voting. The system includes rules for valid voting, how votes are counted, and how the outcome is determined.

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1. Voting system

   A voting system or electoral system is a method by which voters make a choice between options, often in an election or on a policy referendum. A voting system enforces rules to ensure valid voting, and how votes are counted and aggregated to yield a final result. Common voting systems are majority rule, proportional representation or plurality voting with a number of variations and methods such as first-past-the-post or preferential voting. The study of formally defined voting systems is called social choice theory or voting theory, a subfield of political science, economics, or mathematics. With majority rule, those who are unfamiliar with voting theory are often surprised that another voting system exists, or that disagreements may exist over the definition of what it means to be supported by a majority. Depending on the meaning chosen, the common "majority rule" systems can produce results that the majority does not support. If every election had only two choices, the winner would be determined using majority rule alone. However, when there are three or more options, there may not be a single option that is most liked or most disliked by a majority. A simple choice does not allow voters to express the ordering or the intensity of their feeling. Different voting systems may give very different results, particularly in cases where there is no clear majority preference.

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1. voting system

   A form of just and fair system and technology within a country created to enable citizens to express their democratic vote in a public election or public referendum.

   Voting systems are created and designed to be simple and easy.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 22, 2021  

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   The numerical value of voting system in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of voting system in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of voting system in a Sentence

1. Alan Lowenthal:

   I think that during this national emergency the proxy voting system has worked amazingly well and has served a critical role in allowing Congress and the government to keep functioning, i have not personally seen anyone misusing the proxy voting process.

2. Stephanie Young:

   We spent all 2021 really fighting for federal voting rights legislation. Over 20,000 people took( advocacy) action with us( last year), and we knew going throughout this year, and seeing that Congress was not acting, and that the filibuster was getting in the way, we realized that we really had to take matters into our own hands, we know at the end of the day, we're not going to be able to out-organize when it comes to fixing our voting system and modernizing it, and replacing the federal legislation, and that's why it's twofold.

3. Marilu Guevara:

   My concern is we have such a large number of voters and election day will come and they will show up at their old polling places, or will be unaware of the new voting system, a lot of voters have still not heard about the changes. I know that. I'm talking to people.

4. James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:

   The collaboration between secretaries of state, election officials and the voting system manufacturers on the matter of enforcing this black box proprietary code secrecy with election systems, is nothing less than the commoditization and monetization of American Democracy.

5. Manuel Pastor:

   The 1960s were about breaking down an apartheid voting system in the South, what we're seeing is an attempt to resurrect a system where certain kinds of people's voices don't become part of the policy process.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=voting system
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Voting_System
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_System
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=voting system