supplementary vote

supplementary vote
   Used in Sri Lanka for presidential elections and for elections to the mayoralty of Greater London, the supplementary vote represents a cross between the French double ballot and the alternative vote (AV). In Britain, it would allow the existing 646 constituencies to express a second preference on their ballot paper. If no candidate obtains an overall majority, then the second preferences of all but the top two candidates would be counted and redistributed to those who remain. Effectively, it is a speeded-up version of the French presidential method, for it spares the voter the necessity of making a second excursion to the polling booth. It shares many of the advantages and disadvantages of the AV system.
   Further reading: D. Farrell, Electoral Systems: A Comparative Introduction, Palgrave, 2001

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