Mixed-member proportional representationMixed-member proportional representation (MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system in which votes are cast for both local elections and also for overall party vote tallies, which are used to allocate additional members to produce or deepen overall proportional representation. In some MMP systems, voters get two votes: one to decide the representative for their single-seat constituency, and one for a political party. In Denmark and others, the single vote cast by the voter is used for both the local election (in a multi-member or single-seat district), and for the overall top-up.
Vote par approbationLe vote par approbation ou vote par assentiment est un système de vote simple étudié et défendu par des théoriciens depuis les années 1970. Dans ce système l'électeur s'exprime sur chaque candidat en indiquant s'il le soutient ou non, et le candidat soutenu par le plus grand nombre est élu. Le vote par approbation fut utilisé dans la République de Venise au ainsi qu'au en Angleterre.
Wasted voteIn electoral systems, a wasted vote is any vote that does not receive representation in the final election outcome. This includes lost votes for a losing candidate or party, and excess votes for winning candidates in excess of the minimum needed to win. When applied to ranked-vote systems, it includes exhausted votes, votes where none of the candidates the voter ranked are elected. Wasted vote share changes from one election to another depending on voter behavior. Wasted votes can lead to political apathy.
Plurality block votingPlurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote or block voting (BV) is a non-proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of seats to be filled. The usual result when the candidates divide into parties is that the most popular party in the district sees its full slate of candidates elected in a seemingly landslide victory.
Bulletin de voteUn bulletin de vote est un document, généralement de taille réduite, employé pour enregistrer les choix procédés par les personnes ayant le droit de vote. Selon le CNRTL, le bulletin de vote est un . Le site du dictionnaire Larousse donne une définition similaire quoique plus précise, en expliquant que le bulletin de vote est un billet . Si la création du bulletin de vote est liée au droit de vote, son usage historique est beaucoup plus récent.
Vote à second tour instantanévignette|upright=1.5|Fonctionnement d'un vote à second tour instantané Le vote à second tour instantané, aussi appelé vote alternatif, est un système électoral par classement utilisé pour choisir un gagnant. Il est notamment utilisé en Australie, à Nauru, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et jusqu'en 2014 aux Fidji pour l'élection des membres du parlement, ainsi qu'en Irlande, en Inde et au Sri-Lanka pour l'élection du président. Ce système est notamment utilisé lors de référendums pour départager plusieurs options, par exemple en 2015 en Nouvelle Zélande ou encore en 2018 à Guernesey.
Dictatorship mechanismIn social choice theory, a dictatorship mechanism is a rule by which, among all possible alternatives, the results of voting mirror a single pre-determined person's preferences, without consideration of the other voters. Dictatorship by itself is not considered a good mechanism in practice, but it is theoretically important: by Arrow's impossibility theorem, when there are at least three alternatives, dictatorship is the only ranked voting electoral system that satisfies unrestricted domain, Pareto efficiency, and independence of irrelevant alternatives.
FairVoteFairVote, formerly the Center for Voting and Democracy, is a 501(c)(3) organization that advocates electoral reform in the United States. Founded in 1992 as Citizens for Proportional Representation to support the implementation of proportional representation in American elections, the organization in 1993 became the Center for Voting and Democracy and in 2004 changed its name to FairVote to reflect its support of such proposals as instant-runoff voting (IRV), for single and multi-winner elections, a national popular vote for president, a right-to-vote amendment to the Constitution, and universal voter registration.
Condorcet loser criterionIn single-winner voting system theory, the Condorcet loser criterion (CLC) is a measure for differentiating voting systems. It implies the majority loser criterion but does not imply the Condorcet winner criterion. A voting system complying with the Condorcet loser criterion will never allow a Condorcet loser to win. A Condorcet loser is a candidate who can be defeated in a head-to-head competition against each other candidate.
Ensemble de SmithDans les systèmes de vote, l'ensemble de Smith, nommé d'après John H. Smith, mais également connu sous le nom de cycle supérieur, ou comme GETCHA (Generalized Top-Choice Assumption en anglais), est le plus petit ensemble non vide de candidats dans une élection particulière de telle sorte que chaque membre bat chaque candidat en dehors de l'ensemble lors d'une élection par paires. L'ensemble de Smith fournit une norme de choix optimal pour un résultat électoral.