Alternative vote
noun
(modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. if no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters’ next preference av see proportional representation
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a choice limited to one of two or more possibilities, as of things, propositions, or courses of action, the selection of which precludes any other possibility: you have the alternative of riding or walking. one of the things, propositions, or courses of action that can be chosen: the alternative to riding is walking. a possible […]
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- Althaea
wife of oeneus and mother of toxeus, tydeus, meleager, and deianira. the rose of sharon, hibiscus syriacus. any plant belonging to the genus althaea, of the mallow family, having lobed leaves and showy flowers in a spikelike cl-ster, including the hollyhocks and marsh mallows. historical examples the fates told althaea that her son melea’ger would […]
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- Altho
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