maximization. STAR is intended to be a hybrid between (rated) score voting and (ranked) instant runoff voting. The first movement to implement STAR voting was centered...

Different voting systems allow each voter to cast a different number of votes - only one (single voting as in First-past-the-post voting, Single non-transferable...

Score voting, sometimes called range voting, is an electoral system for single-seat elections. Voters give each candidate a numerical score, and the candidate...

Ranked voting is any voting system that uses voters' rankings of candidates to choose a single winner or multiple winners. More formally, a ranked system...

to FairVote in 2004. Since 2018, FairVote has also conducted campaigns to oppose alternative voting reforms, including approval and STAR voting. In 2024...

where each voter casts just one vote in a multi-seat district is known as single non-transferable voting. Plurality voting is widely used throughout the...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as ranked-choice voting (RCV), preferential voting (PV), or the alternative vote (AV), is a multi-round elimination...

ranked-choice voting and primary elections. One study showed that approval would not have chosen the same two winners as plurality voting (Chirac and Le...

previous years, the rosters for the All-Star Game were selected through a voting process. The fans could vote through the NBA website as well as through...

engage in plumping). Cumulative voting can also be thought of as a form of cardinal voting: a variant on score voting where the total scores for each...

following process: Fan voting (nine N.L. players; nine A.L. players): Baseball fans vote on the starting position players for the All-Star Game, with ballots...

during the voting. After voting concludes, the top vote-getter for each league is announced. Over the course of the seven years of the voting, over 100...

Proxy voting is a form of voting whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate their voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence...

have been proposed for electing politicians in the form of score voting and STAR voting. Repeated symbols used for a ranking date to Mariana Starke's 1820...

parallel voting in 1995) Politics portal Cube rule Deviation from proportionality Plurality-at-large voting Approval voting Single non-transferable vote Single...

Weighted voting refers to voting rules that grant some voters a greater influence than others (which contrasts with rules that assign every voter an equal...

Plurality block voting, sometimes conflated with the broader term block voting (BV) is a winner-take-all method for multi-winner elections. Each voter...

Rated, evaluative, graded, or cardinal voting systems are a class of voting methods which allow voters to state how strongly they support a candidate,...

limit the term parallel voting to refer only to mixtures of first-past-the-post and proportional representation. Parallel voting can use other systems besides...

ways to compare voting systems: Metrics of voter satisfaction, either through simulation or survey. Adherence to logical criteria. Voting methods can be...

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...

Schulze or beatpath method (/ˈʃʊltsə/) is a single winner ranked-choice voting rule developed by Markus Schulze. It is also known as the beatpath method...

single-shot, or plump voting is when a voter supports only a single candidate, typically to show strong support for a single favorite. Every voting method that...

Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or take care of casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on...

ranked-choice voting or the exhaustive ballot (which typically produce similar results). It falls under the class of plurality-based voting rules, together...

Limited voting (also known as partial block voting) is a voting system in which electors have fewer votes than there are positions available. The positions...

and most nations use 18 as their voting age, but for other countries voting age ranges between 16 and 21. Voting age may therefore coincide with a country's...

the vote including STAR Voting, Approval Voting, and Condorcet voting. The Equal Vote Coalition argues that Choose One Plurality voting is inherently unequal...

transferable vote (STV), a type of proportional ranked choice voting, is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form...

electoral fraud. Preferential voting systems such as score voting and single transferable vote, and in some cases, instant-runoff voting, can reduce the impact...