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Academic journal
Voting matters was a peer-reviewed academic journal whose purpose is "To advance the understanding of preferential voting systems". Originally published
Voting_matters
Multi-winner electoral system
portal Tally (voting) None of the above Approval voting Single non-transferable vote List of electoral systems by country Voting matters, a journal concerned
Single_transferable_vote
Plurality voting system
instant runoff voting, and less tested methods such as approval voting and condorcet methods can reduce wasted votes, the need for strategic voting and the spoiler
First-past-the-post_voting
British advocacy group for proportional representation
Make Votes Matter is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which campaigns for replacing the first-past-the-post voting system with one
Make_Votes_Matter
Single-winner electoral system
Preliminary version in Voting Matters, 17:9-19, 2003. Douglas R. Woodall, Properties of Preferential Election Rules, Voting Matters, issue 3, pages 8–15
Schulze_method
Choosing a candidate other than preferred to undercut a less desired one
Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's
Strategic_voting
Index of articles associated with the same name
voting (often called ranked-choice in the United States), first-past-the-post voting, and the two-round system. Most rated systems (like score voting
Voting_criteria
Number of votes a candidate needs to win
pdf Woodall, Douglass. "Properties of Preferential Election Rules". Voting Matters (3). Henry R. Droop. "On Methods of Electing Representatives," Journal
Electoral_quota
Votes required to win a seat in proportional systems
"Properties of Preferential Election Rules". Voting Matters (3). Lee, Kap-Yun (1999). "The Votes Mattered: Decreasing Party Support under the Two-Member-District
Droop_quota
Single-winner ranked-choice electoral system
Instant-runoff voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK/NZ: alternative vote) is a single-winner ranked voting election system
Instant-runoff_voting
Single-winner electoral system
runoff voting (SRV). The runoff step was introduced in an attempt to reduce strategic incentives in ordinary score voting, such as bullet voting and tactical
STAR_voting
Ongoing debate on electoral reform
"Changed Voting Changed Politics Lessons of Britain's Experience of PR since 1997" (PDF). "Review of Voting Systems: the experience of new voting systems
Proportional representation in the United Kingdom
Proportional_representation_in_the_United_Kingdom
How choices are tallied under multi-winner ranked-choice voting
"Counting in STV Elections", Voting matters 1 (1994), paper 4. Hill, I. D. and C. H. E. Warren, "Meek versus Warren", Voting matters 20 (2005), pp. 1–5. "Rules
Counting single transferable votes
Counting_single_transferable_votes
Comparative politics for electoral systems
methods to compare voting systems: Metrics of voter satisfaction, either through simulation or survey. Adherence to logical criteria. Voting methods can be
Comparison of electoral systems
Comparison_of_electoral_systems
Electronic voting by country varies and may include voting machines in polling places, centralized tallying of paper ballots, and internet voting. Many countries
Electronic_voting_by_country
2011 referendum in the UK on reforming the voting system
The United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, also known as the UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system, was held on Thursday 5 May 2011
2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum
2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum
Type of voting by election mechanism
Electronic voting is voting that uses electronic means to either aid or handle casting and counting ballots including voting time. Depending on the particular
Electronic_voting
Single-winner ranked-voting electoral system
ranked-vote systems. Unlike the contingent vote, other ranked-vote systems – such as single transferable voting (STV), instant-runoff voting (IRV), Coombs'
Contingent_vote
US federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon
Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
Practice of requiring all eligible citizens to register and vote in elections
Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election.
Compulsory_voting
Single-winner electoral system
pairings. This system of ranked voting was first proposed by Nicolaus Tideman in 1987. Unlike Instant Runoff Voting, Ranked Pairs is guaranteed to satisfy
Ranked_pairs
UK constitutional anomaly
Parliament for West Lothian who could vote on matters affecting the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, but not on matters concerning Blackburn, West Lothian
West_Lothian_question
Pairwise-comparison electoral system
the original on 2022-09-14. then the vote shall be performed using either a Condorcet voting system or a score voting system, as the participants shall decide
Condorcet_method
American actress (born 1964)
April 28, 2026. : "Marisa Tomei on Instagram: "You matter, your voice matters and your vote matters. @thevoteriders #idcheck"". Instagram. Archived from
Marisa_Tomei
Property of electoral systems
three cities split their votes, Memphis wins under plurality voting. Majority criterion Majority loser criterion Voting system Voting system criterion Green-Armytage
Mutual_majority_criterion
American actress (born 1976)
2020). ".@VoteRiders is making sure everyone who is required to show an ID to #vote, gets one. 🗣 Your voice matters. 🗳 Your vote matters. Not all states
Piper_Perabo
Mathematical model that predicts voting behaviour
Calculus of voting refers to any mathematical model which predicts voting behaviour by an electorate, including such features as participation rate. A
Calculus_of_voting
from 13 out of 24 states voting in his favor. Most of Clay's supporters, joined by several old Federalists, switched their votes to Adams in enough states
List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote
List_of_United_States_presidential_elections_in_which_the_winner_lost_the_popular_vote
Social movement originating in the US
"DeRay Mckesson: Why I'm voting for Hillary Clinton". The Washington Post. Katz, Emily Tess (October 26, 2016). "Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson
Black_Lives_Matter
Votes that do not impact an election
reduce wasted votes. Strategic voting, also known as tactical voting, is a voting behaviour that attempts to reduce the chance of a vote being wasted.
Wasted_vote
Electoral pathology or paradox
keeping it from affecting the results. Runoff-based voting systems such as ranked choice voting (RCV) are typically vulnerable to negative response.
Non-negative_responsiveness
participated in a vote at least once within a four-year period. Depending on the Canton voting can be done through showing of hands, postal voting, at polling
Voting_in_Switzerland
transferable vote, Instant Runoff Voting, Contingent vote, Coombs' method, Approval voting, Anti-plurality voting, Borda count, Range voting, Bucklin voting, Majority
Homogeneity_criterion
limited the effectiveness of tactical voting. Other research suggested it would have taken 78% of people voting tactically to prevent a Conservative majority
2019 United Kingdom general election
2019_United_Kingdom_general_election
Electoral system with lottery among ballots
electoral methods, representative probability, and maximum entropy". Voting Matters. 26: 22. A voter is picked at random and the output ordering of the
Random_ballot
Method by which voters make a choice between options
block voting may elect members of just one party so may be considered winner-take-all.[citation needed] In party block voting, voters can only vote for
Electoral_system
Stock that provides the shareholder very little or no vote on corporate matters
Non-voting stock is the stock that provides the shareholder very little or no vote on corporate matters, such as election of the board of directors or
Non-voting_stock
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a United States federal law dealing with elections and voting rights for United States citizens
Voting_in_Guam
Minimum age of eligible voters
their voting age ranges between 16 and 21 (with the sole exception of the United Arab Emirates where the voting age is 25). A nation's voting age may
Voting_age
Measure of electoral disproportionality
Kestelman, Philip (March 1999). "Quantifying Representativity". Voting Matters. 10. Retrieved 10 August 2013. Politics portal Gallagher Index Made
Gallagher_index
British activist (1936–2020)
assistance in conducting elections worldwide. He has written extensively for Voting matters and Representation. Syddique was a member of the Royal Institute of
Eric_Syddique
Property of electoral systems
often confused with immunity to a kind of strategic voting called strategic truncation or bullet voting. Satisfying later-no-harm does not provide immunity
Later-no-harm_criterion
Principle that voting for a candidate should help them
principle of one man, one vote. Positional methods and score voting satisfy the participation criterion. All deterministic voting rules that satisfy pairwise
Participation_criterion
advisory firms, which advise institutional investors on shareholder voting matters. The CII itself has a 15-person board of directors that comprises 6
Council of Institutional Investors
Council_of_Institutional_Investors
preferential voting), and compulsory voting has resulted - since they were introduced in 1983. This results in the near 95% usage of partisan group voting tickets
Issues affecting the single transferable vote
Issues_affecting_the_single_transferable_vote
Independent agency of the United States government
other additional terms. Each member is entitled to one vote for decision-making and voting matters. Members must be U.S. citizens and have expertise in
United States–China Economic and Security Review Commission
United_States–China_Economic_and_Security_Review_Commission
Type of motion and vote in a legislative body
embarrassing situation of voting in support of the government. In many parliamentary democracies, there are limits to how often a confidence vote may be held, such
Motion_of_no_confidence
Right to vote in public and political elections
the first nation in the world to allow women to vote. 1969 – Voting age lowered to 20. 1974 – Voting age lowered to 18. 1975 – Franchise extended to permanent
Suffrage
Process by which electors can vote prior to the scheduled election day
Early voting, also called advance polling or pre-poll voting, is a convenience voting process by which voters in a public election can vote before a scheduled
Early_voting
Voting rights for non-citizens
residents were allowed to vote in local elections. This was revised in 2004 to limit non-citizen voting to EU nationals. Voting and eligibility rights were
Non-citizen_suffrage
Filipino actor (born 1969)
(July 12, 2024). "Marian Rivera says 'Balota' serves as reminder why voting matters". INQUIRER.net. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved
Gardo_Versoza
British mathematician
STV elections". Voting matters. 1: 11–12. Woodall, Douglas (December 1994). "Properties of Preferential Election Rules". Voting matters. 3: 8–15. Woodall
Douglas_Woodall
Discretionary votes, particularly in parliamentary systems
normally would, this is sometimes called a "conscience vote," "vote of conscience," or members "voting their consciences." For instance, an aide to Senate
Conscience_vote
Refusal to vote during an election
Member of Parliament may actively abstain by voting both "yes" and "no". This is effectively the same as not voting at all, as the outcome will not be changed
Abstention
How voters decide how to vote
other psychological factors. Voting advice applications and avoidance of wasted votes through strategic voting can impact voting behavior. Citizens are not
Voting_behavior
Indian state election
org/stable/23018679 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Why-the-Bodo-vote-matters/article14679712.ece Staff (2006-05-09). "State Assembly Election schedule
2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election
2006_Assam_Legislative_Assembly_election
Electors of the U.S. president and vice president
result, it obscures any voting problems within a particular state. For example, if a particular state blocks some groups from voting, perhaps by voter suppression
United States Electoral College
United_States_Electoral_College
3(3)(d) "Home - Your Vote Matters". Your Vote Matters. Archived from the original on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2011. "Voting in elections for disabled
Elections in the United Kingdom
Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom
Component of Indian electoral system
Electronic voting is the standard means of conducting elections using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in India. The system was developed for the Election
Electronic_voting_in_India
Type of cast ballot in ranked voting
donkeywise. Donkey votes are most common where preference voting is combined with compulsory voting, such as in Australia, particularly where all candidates
Donkey_vote
British political activist (born 1990)
Oluwole is also a campaigner for electoral reform and a member of the Make Votes Matter alliance for proportional representation (PR). During the 2024 United
Femi_Oluwole
List of persons who are eligible to vote in a particular electoral district
entitlement to vote before being permitted to vote. Electoral rolls and voter registration serve a number of functions, especially to streamline voting on election
Electoral_roll
System by which New Zealand parliament is elected
allowed to vote (in 1969 the voting age was lowered from 21 to 20. It was lowered further to 18 in 1974). However, the voting rules that applied to the European
Electoral system of New Zealand
Electoral_system_of_New_Zealand
Voter behaviour
Issue voting is often contrasted with party voting. A 2010 University of California, Davis study found that voters switch between issue voting and party
Issue_voting
American diplomat
Ambassador Scanlan". Security and Human Rights Monitor. November 12, 2018. "Voting Matters: Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Principal Deputy
Michael_Scanlan_(diplomat)
American economist and political scientist (born 1943)
academic interests include taxation of land, voting theory, and political philosophy. In 1987, he devised the voting system called "ranked pairs" (or the "Tideman
Nicolaus_Tideman
Voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
inclusive voting procedures Election districts voting improves PR with overlapping districts elections for first-past-the-post, alternative-vote, and
Proportional_representation
2025. "London Mayor and Assembly". Your Vote Matters. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2019. "The Voting Systems". London Elects. Archived from the
2024_London_Assembly_election
Political statistical index
whole, based on how that district or state voted in the previous two presidential elections. The Partisan Voting Index was developed in 1997 by Charlie Cook
Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index
American voting non-profit
Cillea (2022-12-06). "Trisha Yearwood Encourages Voting in Georgia Runoff Election: "Your Vote Matters"". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2023-02-03. Wild
VoteRiders
Proportional-representation ranked voting system
Markus Schulze (June 2004). "Free Riding" (PDF). Voting matters (18): 2–8. The Schulze Method of Voting (section 9) by Markus Schulze Python implementation
Schulze_STV
Electoral system criterion
"Four Condorcet-Hare hybrid methods for single-winner elections" (PDF). Voting Matters (29): 1–14. S2CID 15220771. Smith-IIA [ISDA] Definition: Removing a
Independence of Smith-dominated alternatives
Independence_of_Smith-dominated_alternatives
Single-winner ranked vote system
Laslier, "And the loser is... Plurality Voting" (2012). E Stensholt, "Nonmonotonicity in AV"; Voting matters; Issue 15, June 2002 (online). V.R. Merlin
Copeland's_method
Property of electoral systems
and instant-runoff (or ranked-choice) voting. Rules that are not susceptible to it include all positional voting rules (such as first-preference plurality
Consistency_criterion
American media watchdog organization
The New York Times, Media Matters "helped lay the groundwork" for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Media Matters has hired several of the
Media_Matters_for_America
A gender gap in voting typically refers to the difference in the percentage of men and women who vote for a particular candidate. It is calculated by
Voting gender gap in the United States
Voting_gender_gap_in_the_United_States
voter fraud, mail-in or absentee ballot fraud, illegal voting by noncitizens, and double voting. The United States government defines voter or ballot fraud
Electoral fraud in the United States
Electoral_fraud_in_the_United_States
British political organisation
that a change to the UK's voting system can only come about via Labour: "We believe that the impetus for changing the voting system must come from the
Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
Labour_Campaign_for_Electoral_Reform
8th episode of the 8th season of South Park
refusal to vote. When Stan tells his family about it at dinner, his parents stress the importance of voting to Stan and argue over who he should vote for. Meanwhile
Douche_and_Turd
Multiple-winner electoral system
variant of block voting. Under both cumulative voting and block voting, a voter casts multiple votes but in the case of cumulative voting, can lump them
Cumulative_voting
constitutional provisions is not allowed to vote on the House floor but under House rules can vote on procedural matters and in congressional committees. D.C
District of Columbia federal voting rights
District_of_Columbia_federal_voting_rights
March 2029, various organisations have carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions. Results of such polls are displayed below. Seats in the Bundestag
Opinion polling for the next German federal election
Opinion_polling_for_the_next_German_federal_election
System of voting in government elections via the Internet in Estonia
of the total votes were cast over the internet. The term Power voting (or e-voting) can refer to both fixed voting locations (as in voting booths) and
Electronic_voting_in_Estonia
Voting system
on to a second election (a second round of voting). The two-round system is in the family of plurality voting systems that also includes single-round plurality
Two-round_system
American journalist and political candidate (born 1999)
and politician. Abughazaleh rose to prominence while working at Media Matters for America, where she gained popularity for her criticism of Fox News
Kat_Abughazaleh
Lower house of the U.S. Congress
Reapportionment Act of 1929 capped the number of voting members of the House at 435. Five non-voting delegates represent the District of Columbia and
United States House of Representatives
United_States_House_of_Representatives
authority to legislate in a field of competences known as "transferred matters". These matters are not explicitly enumerated in the Northern Ireland Act 1998
Politics of the United Kingdom
Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom
Vote potentially going to more than one candidate
party are more likely to vote for a third-party or abstain than cross over. Smaller groups that use voting to decide matters, such as chambers of parliament
Swing_vote
American voting rights organization
the vote efforts, BVM focuses on policy advocacy, including expanding early voting, resisting voter ID laws and upholding and strengthening the Voting Rights
Black_Voters_Matter
Dark Matter is a Canadian science fiction series created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, based on their comic book of the same name and developed by
List_of_Dark_Matter_episodes
Political party in the United States
with black Southerners almost entirely voting for the Democratic Party, and white Southerners almost entirely voting for the Republican Party. Also, white
Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic_Party_(United_States)
Election result affecting losing candidate
severity of spoiler effects depends substantially on the voting method. First-past-the-post voting without winnowing or primary elections[citation needed]
Spoiler_effect
Conspiracy theory that pencil votes are changed
The voting pencil conspiracy theory is a conspiracy theory that using the pencils provided in polling stations allows the result to be changed by some
Voting pencil conspiracy theory
Voting_pencil_conspiracy_theory
Lower house of the Parliament of India
Lok Sabha is more powerful than the Rajya Sabha in almost all matters. Even in those matters in which the Constitution has placed both Houses on an equal
Lok_Sabha
Devolved parliament of Wales
December 2025. "Mixed-Member Proportional Voting" in Proportional representation voting systems, Types of Voting Systems Archived 8 July 2006 at the Wayback
Senedd
included money for states to increase mail-in voting. By May, Trump and his campaign strongly opposed mail-in voting, claiming that it would cause widespread
2020 United States presidential election
2020_United_States_presidential_election
Leave Leave Means Leave Leave.EU Unite to Remain Vote Leave Conservative Frauds Population Matters Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) – registered charity
List of pressure groups in the United Kingdom
List_of_pressure_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom
Day for general elections in the USA
§ 7) elections, though early voting is nonetheless authorized in nearly every state, and states also have mail voting procedures. The fact that Election
Election_Day_(United_States)
Form of corporate equity ownership
order for companies to remain in partial control of their stock voting rights. Non-voting stock may be issued as a separate class. Capital surplus Common
Common_stock
Manner of voting in parliamentary bodies
parliamentary procedure, a voice vote (from the Latin viva voce, meaning "by live voice") or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies
Voice_vote
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Bott.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name, Gowin, from Old French Gouin, a variant of Godin.Irish : variant of Gowan.
Boy/Male
Norse
Brother of Thorstein Torfi.
Boy/Male
German
People's Spirit
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gooding.German (Göding) : variant of Godding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a Middle English personal name Lyfing, Old English Lēofing, based on lēof ‘dear’.Swedish : apparently an ornamental name formed from the place-name element lov-, meaning unknown, + the suffix -ing (see Arning).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from a place called Fyning in Rogate in Sussex.
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
God
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a diminutive of Moore 2, 3.North German (Möring) : patronymic from the nickname Mohr (see Mohr 2).North German (Möring) : habitational name from Möringen or Möhringen near Stendal and Stettin.Dutch : variant of Morin.
Boy/Male
Norse
Father of Thord.
Female
Greek
(Φωτινή) Variant spelling of Greek Foteini, FOTINI means "light."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the personal name Rollo or Rolf.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : ethnic name from Old French Lohereng ‘man from Lorraine’ (see Lorraine).
Male
Finnish
Pet form of Finnish Voitto, VOTI means "victory."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Dear 1.German (Döring) : see Doering.
Boy/Male
French, German
Renowned Warrior's Son; From Lorraine; Son of the Famous Warrior
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from places in Oxfordshire and West Sussex named Goring, from Old English GÄringas ‘people of GÄra’, a short form of the various compound names with the first element gÄr ‘spear’.German (Göring) : see Goering.
Boy/Male
German French
Famous in battle.
Girl/Female
Latin
Blesses the food of children.
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Girl/Female
French, German, Hebrew
Spear Ruler; The Lord is Exalted
Girl/Female
Hindu
The God of intelligence a light
Boy/Male
Hindi
Moving water.
Girl/Female
Indian, Modern
Clever; Brave
Girl/Female
Hindu
The new beginning
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada
The Light of the Lamp
Boy/Male
French Shakespearean
From the beautiful fortress.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
One who Fulfils; Master
Male
Irish
Irish form of French Henri, HANRAOI means "home-ruler."
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
A Forest; Jungle
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a.
Boding evil; inauspicious; ill-omened.
n.
Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
n.
Something fit to be eaten; food; as, a peach is good eating.
a.
Doing duty for another; officiating; as, an acting superintendent.
a.
Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; ease-loving; inactive.
a.
Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.
a.
Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a double-acting engine or pump.
a.
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
n.
Voting by ballot.
n.
The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
n.
The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.
a.
Acting of or by one's self or by itself; -- said especially of a machine or mechanism which is made to perform of or for itself what is usually done by human agency; automatic; as, a self-acting feed apparatus; a self-acting mule; a self-acting press.
n.
Alt. of Goring cloth
n.
A hole made by boring.
a.
Costing nothing.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Vote
a.
Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.
n.
The chips or fragments made by boring.
n.
A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.