/?es.ti?.?vi?/abbreviationforsingletransferablevote: asinglevoteusing asystemwhere, ifyourpreferredcandidatedoes not get enoughvotestostayin theelection,yourvotecan be given toyoursecondchoiceofcandidate; thevotingsystemitself:单记可让渡投票（制），可转移单票（制）（single transferable vote的缩写）Theuserof the STV isinevitablydeniedknowledgethat couldinfluencehis or herpreferences.参与单记可让渡投票的选民不可避免地被剥夺了知情权，而这些信息可能会影响到他们的投票选择。First they give areminderof the way in which the STV wouldworkinparliamentaryconstituencies.首先，他们提醒人们注意单记可让渡投票在议会选区的运作方式。More examples
Nobodyseemstonoticethat theoddestthing about the STV ispreciselythat it is asinglevote- for that is what it is, nomatterhow manypreferencesareexpressed.
Votes aretransferredto the next "continuingcandidate", as the STVjargonhas it.
Some suchprocessisfrequentlyto beobservedin thetabulatedsuccessivecountsof STVs inIrishconstituencyelections.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesElections
absentee
absentee ballot
absentee vote
absentee voter
absentee voting
entrance poll
exit poll
first-past-the-post
flip
franchise
primary
proportional representation
proxy
proxy vote
proxy voter
voting
voting booth
voting machine
voting slip
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