The spare vote is a version of single transferable voting applied to the ranking of parties, first proposed for elections in Germany in 2013. This preferential...

ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting. It was originally a small ball...

Voting refers to the process of choosing officials or policies by casting a ballot, a document used by people to formally express their preferences. Republics...

plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters typically mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate...

preferential voting. A version of instant-runoff voting applying to the ranking of parties was first proposed for elections in Germany in 2013 as spare vote.[citation...

Vote buying (also referred to as electoral clientelism and patronage politics) occurs when a political party or candidate distributes money or resources...

and thus not included in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has...

spare vote is a version of single transferable voting applied to the ranking of parties, first proposed for elections in Germany in 2013. The spare vote...

A protest vote (also called a blank, null, spoiled, or "none of the above" vote) is a vote cast in an election to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the...

when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote but does not cast a ballot...

record a vote when there are questions about a given voter's eligibility that must be resolved before the vote can count. The federal Help America Vote Act...

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...

An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments...

two-round plurality (as originally termed in French), is a single winner voting method. It is sometimes called plurality-runoff, although this term can...

A precinct or voting district (U.S. terms), polling district (UK term) or polling division (Canadian term), is a subdivision of an electoral district,...

Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled...

normally allocated. Methods include voting at a different location, postal voting, proxy voting and online voting. Increasing the ease of access to absentee...

dictionary. In political science, straight-ticket voting or straight-party voting refers to the practice of voting for every candidate that a political party...

that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election. Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple...

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

votes. A polling place can contain one or more polling stations. In Australian English, "polling place" is used. Americans also use the term voting precinct...

Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's...

does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot...

voters during elections in order to prevent electoral fraud such as double voting. It is an effective method for countries where identification documents...

Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election....

"scratch" vote, is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system...

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

An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast to a secret ballot, where a voter's choices are confidential. The open...

Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting in...

The electoral threshold, or election threshold, is the minimum share of votes that a candidate or political party requires before they become entitled...