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may only cast a vote in the Senate to break a tie. As of December 5, 2023, vice presidents have cast a total of 301 tie-breaking votes in the Senate. There...

A casting vote is a vote that someone may exercise to resolve a tied vote in a deliberative body. A casting vote is typically by the presiding officer...

Speaker decides on their casting vote in the event of a tie in the number of votes cast in a division. In 1867, when a tie arose on a motion on Fellowships...

agreed to both vote for Neleh that night. With the vote being tied and deadlocked for the first time, the new rules for breaking a tie came into effect...

Representatives took a vote on HB 2269, which would revert the state motto to "The Union". The bill failed to pass on a 30-30 tie vote. The current Oregon...

the second round, because there are only two candidates, and absent a tie vote, one candidate will achieve an absolute majority. Voters may change the...

Laurel Johnson received none. In order to break the tie, Johnson joined the jury and used her deciding vote to award the title of Sole Survivor to Holland...

Single non-transferable vote would have seen a three-way tie for third place with Oranges, Cake and Chicken tied. The tie would have been resolved by...

rules of the competition. In other areas, such as in a vote, there may be a method to break the tie. Having an odd number of voters is one solution—after...

In social choice theory, a Condorcet paradox (or voting paradox) is a situation where majority rule behaves in a way that is self-contradictory. In such...

many cases the two are not tied. In 1890, the South African Republic, commonly known as the Transvaal Republic, set a voting age of 18 years. The effort...

revealed to the players. In the event of a tied vote, the pair holding the "Power Vote" hold the tie-breaking vote (but should they not be able to reach a...

Tie votes in STAR Voting are rare, but as with any voting method they can occur, especially in elections without many voters. In most cases, ties in...

indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not...

The term ranked voting, also known as preferential voting or ranked-choice voting, pertains to any voting system where voters indicate a rank to order...

president of the Senate is the lieutenant governor, who has no vote except to break a tie vote. Senators must be at least 25 years of age. They must be a...

resolving a tied vote was changed for this season, removing the second ballot where only non-tied castaways were allowed to vote between the tied castaways...

The "iron vote" is a political term for a voter that can be reliably counted on to vote for one party or another. This phrase was most notably used beginning...

number of players (including the moderator). These specifications avoid tie votes for eliminations and ensure that the game will end dramatically on an...

eventuality of the lack of a quorum or a tie vote, in which state law would allow him to cast a deciding vote. After acting Council President Anibal Ramos...