"ranked choice" meaning in English

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          "text": "ranked-choice ballot; ranked-choice voting",
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          "ref": "2010 November 11, Zusha Elinson, Gerry Shih, “The Winning Strategy in Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "The results — on the 31-column spreadsheet that Ms. Quan held in her hands — testified to the power of finishing second in a ranked-choice election. […] Campaign strategists said Ms. Quan had taken advantage of a ranked-choice system that was used in Oakland for the first time.",
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        "Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots."
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        "(politics, often attributively) Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots."
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots",
          "word": "preferenciális/rangsorolásos/rangsorolt szavazás"
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