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Electoral system   /ɪlˈɛktərəl sˈɪstəm/   Listen
Electoral system

noun
1.
A legal system for making democratic choices.  Synonym: voting system.





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"Electoral system" Quotes from Famous Books



... universal, direct, and secret. This claim the Emperor will not listen to, on the ground that it would injure the influence of the middle classes by the admission of undesirable elements (meaning the Socialists); that the electoral system for the Empire, with the latter's national tasks, should be on a broader basis than in the case of the individual States, where the electors are chiefly concerned with administration, the school, ...
— William of Germany • Stanley Shaw
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... objected that the Royal Commission which issued its Report last spring, did not recommend the incorporation of proportional representation into our electoral system. This is most true. One member indeed (Lord Lochee) did not shrink from this conclusion, but his colleagues were unable to report that a case had been made out for the adoption "here and now" of proportional representation. Their ...
— Proportional Representation - A Study in Methods of Election • John H. Humphreys
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... were five points; sovereigns and politicians having always a fondness for a neat summary in five or six points. Number one, to remodel the electoral system of the holy Roman empire. Number two, to establish the republic of the United Provinces. Number three, to do as much for Switzerland. Number four, to partition Europe. Number five, to reduce all religions to three. Nothing could be more majestic, no plan fuller fraught with tranquillity ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
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Words linked to "Electoral system" :   scrutin de liste system, list system, scrutin uninominal voting system, uninominal system, law, legal system, uninominal voting system, voting system, scrutin uninomial system, scrutin de liste, jurisprudence, single-member system


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