Answer: As per Article 55(3) of the Constitution of India, the election of the President shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot. How does splitting the vote work? VoteRead More →
Contingent Elections Each state delegation casts a single vote for one of the top three contenders from the initial election to determine a winner. Only two Presidential elections (1800 and 1824) have been decided in the House. … Hayes of Ohio, who won the presidency by a single electoral vote.Read More →
The system of voting used in elections for the House of Representatives is preferential, that is, voters have to rank all candidates in order of preference—they may not just vote for one candidate. How many types of voting systems are there? There are many variations in electoral systems, but theRead More →
The original U.S. Constitution did not define voting rights for citizens, and until 1870, only white men were allowed to vote. Two constitutional amendments changed that. The Fifteenth Amendment (ratified in 1870) extended voting rights to men of all races. Who gave freedmen the right to vote? The United States’Read More →