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  • 1Ballot access — rules, called nomination rules outside the US, regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is either entitled to stand for election or to appear on voters ballots. Laws restricting which names may appear on the ballot have… …

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  • 2Comparison of instant runoff voting to other voting systems — This article is a comparison of various voting systems with Instant runoff voting (IRV), also called the Alternative Vote , preferential voting and ranked choice voting. Contents 1 Categories 2 Voting system criteria 3 Voting system results …

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  • 3Exhaustive ballot — The exhaustive ballot is a voting system used to elect a single winner. Under the exhaustive ballot the voter simply casts a single vote for his or her favorite candidate. However if no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes then the… …

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  • 4Instant-runoff voting — Example instant runoff voting ballot …

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  • 5History and use of instant-runoff voting — Instant runoff voting was invented around 1870 by the American architect W. R. Ware. Today it is in use at a national level to elect the Australian House of Representatives, the Fijian House of Representatives and the President of Ireland. In… …

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  • 6Secret ballot — For 2001 Iranian film, see Secret Ballot (film). Part of the Politics series Elections …

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  • 7Two-round system — The two round system (also known as the second ballot or runoff voting) is a voting system used to elect a single winner. Under runoff voting, the voter simply casts a single vote for their favourite candidate. However, if no candidate receives… …

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  • 8France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 9Nonpartisan blanket primary — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …

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  • 10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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