Supplementary Vote Law and Legal Definition
Supplementary vote refers to a voting system used for the election of a single candidate. Under supplementary vote, voters are limited to indicating a first and second preference. The candidate who receives more than a half of first preference votes cast on the first count is deemed elected. When nobody receives half of the first preference, all but the top two candidates are eliminated and their second preferences are redistributed and the candidate with the greatest share of the resultant vote is elected.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Absent Uniformed Services Voter
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Alternative Vote
- Application for Voter Registration
- Child Supplementary Aids and Service
- Force-the-Vote Provision
- Help America Vote Act
- Inactive Voters [Federal Elections]
- Lists of Actual Voters
- Motor Voter Act / The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA)
