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Voting district information


A voting district may be:

  • An electoral district
  • A geographical area assigned to a specific polling place, such as:
    • An electoral precinct in the United States
    • In elections in South Africa, a voting district associated with a specific voting station

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Voting district

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Africa, a voting district associated with a specific voting station This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Voting district. If an...

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District of Columbia federal voting rights

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Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...

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Elections in South Africa

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voting districts and stations". Retrieved 24 February 2020. Each voting district is serviced by one voting station only. "Can you vote at any voting station...

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Voting

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voting and Single transferable voting); as many as are being elected in a multiple-member district (multiple voting as used in Plurality block voting;...

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Electoral district

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An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, electorate, or...

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Electoral precinct

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

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Plurality voting

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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...

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Single transferable vote

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instant-runoff voting (IRV), block voting, and ranked-vote block voting – one party or voting bloc can take all the seats in a district. The key to STV's...

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Proportional representation

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transferable vote (STV), also called ranked choice voting, is a ranked system: voters rank candidates in order of preference. Voting districts usually elect...

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Strategic voting

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for strategic voting, as can small electoral districts (e.g. those used most often with the single transferable vote). Lesser evil voting (sometimes called...

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Voting age

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known as the Transvaal Republic, set a voting age of 18 years. The effort was, like later legislation expanding voting rights for women and impoverished whites...

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Gerrymandering

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voting power of the opposing party's supporters across many districts) or "packing" (concentrating the opposing party's voting power in one district to...

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Postal voting

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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...

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Voting house

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A voting house, sometimes called an election house, polling house, or a voting hall, is a type of American vernacular architecture used by local governments...

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List of United States congressional districts

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See Non-voting delegations, below. See Non-voting delegations, below. At-large: 1790–1843 (obsolete) 1st district: 1843–present 2nd district: 1843–present...

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District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment

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The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would have given the District of Columbia...

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Voting in Guam

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Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a United States federal law dealing with elections and voting rights for United States citizens...

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Plurality block voting

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Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote or block voting (BV) is a non-proportional voting system for electing representatives...

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Cumulative voting

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Cumulative voting (also accumulation voting, weighted voting or multi-voting) is a multiple-winner method intended to promote more proportional representation...

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Block voting

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districts where the voting system allows for the selection of multiple winners at once. Block voting falls under the multiple non-transferable vote category...

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Cook Partisan Voting Index

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The Cook Partisan Voting Index, abbreviated PVI or CPVI, is a measurement of how partisan a United States congressional district or state is. This partisanship...

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Parallel voting

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Parallel voting is a type of mixed electoral system in which representatives are voted into a single chamber using two or more different systems, most...

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Suffrage

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beginning of voting year. 1921 – Suppression of property-based number of votes on municipal level; equal vote for everybody. 1944 – Voting age lowered...

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FairVote

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instant-runoff voting (IRV), a national popular vote, a right-to-vote amendment, and universal voter registration. It changed its name to the Center for Voting and...

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Approval voting

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Approval voting is an electoral system in which voters can select any number of candidates instead of selecting only one. Approval voting ballots show...

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Proxy voting

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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...

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Limited voting

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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...

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