Bucklin voting, which was sometimes known as "preferential voting" when used in the United States
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Instant-runoff voting, referred to as "preferential voting" in Australia, is one type of ranked voting system.
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Open list, sometimes known as "preferential voting" in Europe and nations such as Sri Lanka
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In the lead-up to the New South Wales state election, 1999, he initiated a strategy to deal with preferential voting systems by organising minor parties to be disciplined within a tight preference swapping arrangement, this became known as 'preference harvesting'.
The Legislative Assembly presently consists of 88 members, each elected in single-member electoral districts, more commonly known as electorates or seats, using preferential voting, which is the same voting system used for the federal lower house, the Australian House of Representatives.