Word: ranks
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...Each of the 41 sports teams has one person on our staff who acts as a liaison. We ask coaches to provide information on people applying who would make a tremendous difference to that particular sport," Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons '67 says. "We then ask coaches to rank applicants in order of priority and go from there...
Proportional representation allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates in order of preference. Once a candidate meets a quota of "number one" votes, his or her excess votes are transferred towards the next numbered candidate...
Proportional representation allows citizens to rank their choice of candidates, and then redistributes votes when candidates reach a quota of approximately 10 percent of the votes cast. Votes are then transferred to the next preferred candidate on the ballot...
...complicated," he says. "Voters are called upon to possess a lot of information on the candidates and to rank them...
Proponents of the system, which allows voters to rank candidates in terms of preference, say it was intended to combine minority representation along with majority control in the lawmaking body...