cumulative voting
Example Sentences
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The lawsuit was dismissed earlier this year and Brewer filed an appeal hours after the ruling to renew his push for a switch to cumulative voting.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
Fortunately, there’s a readily available solution to address this: Congress could also enact what’s known as cumulative voting.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2025
She insisted that her positions had been taken out of context, and she noted that cumulative voting was already used in communities around the country.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
This week’s election is the first in which cumulative voting has been used in New York State since at least the beginning of the 20th century, according to Fair Vote, a voting-rights advocacy group.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2010
They should be elected, consequently, from comparatively large districts, or, if possible, by the electorate of the whole state under some system of cumulative voting.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
