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A winner-take-all electoral system is one where a voting bloc can win all seats in a legislature or electoral district, denying representation to any political...

linked to one's vote; this way, a person is able to express their actual preferences. Voting often takes place at a polling station but voting can also be...

voting takes a variety of forms and reflects numerous voter motivations, including political apathy. Where voting is compulsory, casting a blank vote...

to institute winner-take-all failed after two Republicans switched their vote at the last minute. A renewed push for winner-take-all, with support from...

A swing vote is a vote that is seen as potentially going to any of a number of candidates in an election, or, in a two-party system, may go to either of...

a majority of votes not be cast for a candidate, a contingent election takes place: the House holds a presidential election session, where one vote is...

Vote swapping, also called co-voting or vote pairing, occurs when a voter in one district agrees to vote tactically for a less-preferred candidate or...

vote (STV), a type of proportional ranked choice voting, is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice...

resources to a voter in an upcoming election with the expectation that the voter votes for the actor handing out monetary rewards. Vote buying can take various...

can take: voting." The organization was founded in 1990 by Virgin Records America Co-Chairman Jeff Ayeroff to encourage young Americans to vote. It is...

and the Best British Single awards. According to a 2007 MSN UK internet poll, Take That were voted as the "comeback kings" of the year. "Greatest Day"...

A motion or vote of no confidence (or the inverse, a motion and corresponding vote of confidence) is a motion and corresponding vote thereon in a deliberative...

electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. In an election, postal votes may be available on demand...

Vote Leave was a campaigning organisation that supported a "Leave" vote in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum. On 13 April 2016...

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

election day. Early voting can take place remotely, such as via postal voting, or in person, usually in designated early voting polling stations. The...

Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) (US: ranked-choice voting or RCV, AU: preferential voting, UK: alternative vote), is a multi-round elimination rule that uses...

of voting on motions (formal proposal by members of a deliberative assembly that the assembly take certain action). The regular methods of voting in such...

afford the journey or take time off to vote. In addition, contrary to Greek custom, there was no economic compensation for voting. However, Cicero mentions...