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VOTING SYSTEM

Pronunciation (US):

• VOTING SYSTEM (noun)
The noun VOTING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a legal system for making democratic choices

Familiarity information: VOTING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

• VOTING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A legal system for making democratic choices

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

electoral system; voting system

Hypernyms ("voting system" is a kind of...):

legal system (a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "voting system"):

scrutin uninomial system; scrutin uninominal voting system; single-member system; uninominal system; uninominal voting system (based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district)

list system; scrutin de liste; scrutin de liste system (based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote)

"All good things come to an end."
(English proverb)
"Any new saint-to-be has his miracles to make"
(Breton proverb)
"Actions speak louder than words."
(Arabic proverb)
"Where there's a will, there is a way."
(Dutch proverb)

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