voting system
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- noun
- /ˈvoʊtɪŋ ˈsɪstəm/
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sistema electoral
- Election officials are working hard to improve the voting system to avoid any complications on voting day.
- an ideal voting system
And what I find very frustrating right now is that Labour is so far not supporting a fair voting system.
- And what I find very frustrating right now is that Labour is so far not supporting a fair voting system.
- And a lot of people we've lost, you know, it's no secret America's lost a lot of confidence in the in the voting system.
- And when you basically, you know, this whole mail in voting system that they've instituted allows anything to be a possibility.
Examples
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Privately, many physicists at the lab blamed America's fractured voting system for their inability to announce a definitive result.
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Officials worried that an aggressive U.S. response would undermine confidence in our voting system, and perhaps most importantly, should not be seen as trying to influence the election.
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The only fair and democratic voting system is as in Australia.
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That's not what the voting system was designed to do.
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The problem with this voting system is that voters have no opportunity to indicate relative preferences among the other candidates.
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The state legislature would have to approve any changes to New York's voting system.
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In France, the two-round voting system prevents smaller parties from making it into the second round, run-off election.
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The integrity of the voting system is crucial for ensuring fair elections.
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Many citizens are concerned about the security of their voting system during the upcoming election.
Synonyms
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A set of rules for how votes are cast and counted to choose leaders
How Proportional
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'voting' (the act of casting votes) plus 'system' (a set of procedures or equipment) yields a system used for voting. Even if the term is used for technical implementations (electronic or online), a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer it refers to a mechanism or set-up for conducting votes.
Etymology
Voting system comes from the idea of voting as people choosing and system as a planned set of steps. Imagine a clear plan or recipe that tells where to put each ballot and how to count them, so the phrase means the 'rules' and steps used to run an election.