"single transferable vote" meaning in English

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      "form": "single transferable votes",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Voting systems",
          "orig": "en:Voting systems",
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      "glosses": [
        "A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota."
      ],
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          "voting system",
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        [
          "quota",
          "quota"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "siirtoäänivaalitapa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "scrutin à vote unique transférable"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "übertragbare Einzelstimmgebung"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "aonghuth inaistrithe"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "voto singolo trasferibile"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tankiijōshikitōhyō",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "単記移譲式投票"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "pojedynczy głos przechodni"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vot unic transferabil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sistéma jedinovo perexidnovo golosu",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "систе́ма єдиного перехідного голосу"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "voting system",
          "word": "enkel överförbar röst"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "single transferable vote"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "single transferable vote"
}

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      "tags": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A voting system where each voter lists the candidates in order of preference and there is provision to transfer the votes of the less popular candidates and a proportion of the votes of candidates who are elected with more than a certain quota."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "voting system",
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        ],
        [
          "quota",
          "quota"
        ]
      ],
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        "single transferable vote"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "enkelvoudige overdraagbare stem"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "siirtoäänivaalitapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "scrutin à vote unique transférable"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "übertragbare Einzelstimmgebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "aonghuth inaistrithe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "voto singolo trasferibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tankiijōshikitōhyō",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "単記移譲式投票"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "pojedynczy głos przechodni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vot unic transferabil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sistéma jedinovo perexidnovo golosu",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "систе́ма єдиного перехідного голосу"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "voting system",
      "word": "enkel överförbar röst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "single transferable vote"
}