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2020:Score voting
1961:Ranked pairs
1880:Part of the
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1781:. Retrieved
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708:Voter caging
617:Likely voter
538:Vote pairing
513:Issue voting
311:Popular vote
293:Voting booth
258:Early voting
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142:Part of the
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117:October 2008
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59:Please help
54:verification
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18:Paper ballot
2403:Spoilt vote
2166:Droop quota
2105:Schulze STV
2080:Rural–urban
2025:STAR voting
1921:Borda count
1355:touchscreen
1305:South Korea
1273:during the
890:In ancient
698:Vote buying
581:Spoilt vote
561:Donkey vote
288:Vote center
268:Open ballot
2466:Categories
2422:Comparison
2176:Hare quota
2126:Allocation
2112:Spare vote
2100:Hare-Clark
2070:Party-list
1783:2022-06-06
1707:2014-10-26
1678:2014-10-26
1546:3 November
1515:2012-11-07
1490:2012-11-07
1469:2020-04-02
1444:2012-11-07
1421:References
1375:Ballot box
1271:ballot box
997:party-list
896:Tamil Nadu
716:Prevention
556:Abstention
424:Spare vote
414:Party-list
248:Ballot box
240:Collection
222:Electorate
204:Candidates
87:newspapers
2413:Unseating
2408:Sortition
2010:Plurality
1886:Economics
1591:The Hindu
1567:The Hindu
1400:Ostracism
1214:does not
900:Kudavolai
874:ostracism
856:, Italy.
844:Etymology
815:candidate
168:Balloting
2280:Criteria
2233:Scorporo
1882:politics
1803:(1839).
1777:Archived
1672:Archived
1645:Archived
1635:Archived
1623:Archived
1612:Archived
1537:Archived
1509:Archived
1505:"Ballot"
1484:"Ballot"
1463:Archived
1438:Archived
1434:"Ballot"
1369:See also
1324:write-in
1043:, using
1023:, using
902:system.
850:ballotta
302:Counting
283:Precinct
76:"Ballot"
2477:Ballots
2452:Project
2143:D'Hondt
2095:CPO-STV
2053:Systems
1235:removed
1220:sources
1189:Methods
1174:Russian
930:ostraca
860:History
176:Ballots
101:scholar
2446:Portal
2383:Ballot
2159:Quotas
1888:series
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1320:France
1316:Israel
1286:France
1282:Israel
1131:Israel
1105:Design
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854:Venice
838:ballot
817:, but
804:voting
800:ballot
232:Ticket
151:Voting
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316:Tally
227:Slate
108:JSTOR
94:books
1884:and
1749:ISBN
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1001:open
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