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Plural voting

with a plurality voting system which does not necessarily involve plural voting. Weighted voting is a generalisation of plural voting. In the United Kingdom...

Last Update: 2023-09-03T02:26:01Z Word Count : 1499 Synonim Plural voting

One man, one vote

vote in more than one constituency were entitled to vote in each constituency, while many adults did not qualify for the vote at all. Plural voting was...

Last Update: 2023-09-09T09:26:51Z Word Count : 3207 Synonim One man, one vote

Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is an electoral system that uses ranked voting. Its purpose is to elect the majority choice in single-member districts in...

Last Update: 2023-09-15T02:30:55Z Word Count : 13867 Synonim Instant-runoff voting

Participatory democracy

zero votes, depending on their test performance. He also proposes a plural voting regime in which each citizen has by default one vote (or zero votes) but...

Last Update: 2023-09-27T14:35:48Z Word Count : 3780 Synonim Participatory democracy

At-large

consequent issue of multiple ballots for plural voting to every voter. This avoids plural voting competing with single voting in the jurisdiction, an inherent...

Last Update: 2023-08-30T19:50:50Z Word Count : 2186 Synonim At-large

Suffrage

abolition of plural voting in local government elections. The Constitution of the United States did not originally define who was eligible to vote, allowing...

Last Update: 2023-09-07T12:58:06Z Word Count : 12771 Synonim Suffrage

1950 United Kingdom general election

23 February 1950, and was the first held following the abolition of plural voting and university constituencies. The government's 1945 lead over the Conservative...

Last Update: 2023-09-30T09:53:13Z Word Count : 1201 Synonim 1950 United Kingdom general election

House of Commons of the United Kingdom

been the case: before 1948 plural voting was permitted as voters qualified by home ownership or residence and could vote under both entitlements simultaneously...

Last Update: 2023-09-29T12:23:00Z Word Count : 9270 Synonim House of Commons of the United Kingdom

1918 Irish general election

system called Plural voting was in place in both Britain and Ireland. Plural voting was a practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times...

Last Update: 2023-08-24T14:00:01Z Word Count : 4443 Synonim 1918 Irish general election

Meritocracy

remedied by giving those at the higher ranks plural votes. A second, and equally prominent motive for plural voting is to avoid giving equal influence to each...

Last Update: 2023-09-28T06:52:13Z Word Count : 9516 Synonim Meritocracy

Mormonism and polygamy

Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...

Last Update: 2023-09-27T11:42:32Z Word Count : 8622 Synonim Mormonism and polygamy

University constituency

geographical area. These may or may not involve plural voting, in which voters are eligible to vote in or as part of this entity and their home area's...

Last Update: 2023-07-09T19:05:52Z Word Count : 1801 Synonim University constituency

Partition of Ireland

system for elections known as plural voting was in place in Northern Ireland. Plural voting allowed one person to vote multiple times in an election....

Last Update: 2023-09-24T14:52:15Z Word Count : 11172 Synonim Partition of Ireland

Weighted voting

Weighted voting can exist in a policy or law making body in which each representative has a variable voting power (weighted vote) as determined by the...

Last Update: 2023-06-28T17:51:00Z Word Count : 1839 Synonim Weighted voting

English plurals

have different forms for singular and plural. This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plural nouns are formed from the corresponding...

Last Update: 2023-09-16T12:53:04Z Word Count : 7564 Synonim English plurals

Voting rights in the United States

nationwide "one man, one vote" electoral system. Since the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Twenty-fourth Amendment, and related laws, voting rights have been legally...

Last Update: 2023-09-27T09:58:36Z Word Count : 15168 Synonim Voting rights in the United States

Leopold II of Belgium

suffrage was introduced, though the effect of this was tempered by plural voting. The eligibility requirements for the Senate were reduced, and elections...

Last Update: 2023-09-13T05:00:03Z Word Count : 6823 Synonim Leopold II of Belgium

Universal suffrage

protect and expand the voting rights of all Americans, especially African Americans, through the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and...

Last Update: 2023-09-18T05:02:34Z Word Count : 6075 Synonim Universal suffrage

Belgium

suffrage for men was introduced after the general strike of 1893 (with plural voting until 1919) and for women in 1949. The main political parties of the...

Last Update: 2023-10-03T16:36:05Z Word Count : 18118 Synonim Belgium

Northern Ireland

called plural voting which was a practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times in an election. Property and business owners could vote both...

Last Update: 2023-10-02T16:42:19Z Word Count : 20453 Synonim Northern Ireland

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Plural voting

Plural voting is the practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times in an election. It is not to be confused with a plurality voting system which does not necessarily involve plural voting. Weighted voting is a generalisation of plural voting.