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The length of the VOT in such cases is a practical measure of aspiration: The longer the VOT, the stronger the aspiration. In Navajo, for example, which is strongly aspirated, the aspiration (and therefore the VOT) lasts twice as long as it does in English: 160ms vs. 80ms for [kĘ°], and 45ms for [k]. Some languages have weaker aspiration than ...
In a voting system that uses multiple votes (Plurality block voting), the voter can vote for any subset of the running candidates. So, a voter might vote for Alice, Bob, and Charlie, rejecting Daniel and Emily. Approval voting uses such multiple votes. In a voting system that uses a ranked vote, the voter ranks the candidates in order of ...
VOT may refer to: Value of time, the opportunity cost of time expended in some activity; Voice Of Tranquility, a female fronted rock and metal band from the Philippines; Vampire on Titus, an album by Dayton Indie rock band Guided by Voices; VHF omnidirectional range; Video on Trial, a television show by MuchMusic; Voice onset time; Votic language
After only Walter Mondale and Jesse Jackson made the ballot for the Hawaii Democratic caucus in 1984, Presidential candidate Gary Hart and Hawaii governor George Ariyoshi urged voters to vote uncommitted. [6] Uncommitted ended up winning the caucus with 63.5% of the vote, receiving 14 delegates. Mondale received 32.3% of the vote and 5 delegates.
What does a 'yes' vote mean? Currently, the city council's Fifth District seat isn't up for election at the same time as the other five numbered seats. Selecting "for the amendment" aligns the ...
Henry Watson Fowler suggested that the American terms plurality and majority offer single-word alternatives for the corresponding two-word terms in British English, relative majority and absolute majority, and that in British English majority is sometimes understood to mean "receiving the most votes" and can therefore be confused with plurality.
Block voting allows each voter to cast only one vote for a single candidate. Under unlimited block approval voting, voters can select any number of candidates. Under limited block approval voting, voters can cast up to six votes, twice the number of winners. Under plurality block voting, voters can cast up to three votes, though it's not mandatory.
An activist urges people to cast an “uncommitted” ballot instead of voting for President Biden outside a polling place in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday.