Simple majority voting — is a form of voting where, given two options, the option receiving more votes than the other wins. This contrasts with absolute majority voting, where the winner is the option which gets more than half of all possible votes, including abstentions … Wikipedia
No Independence Before Majority African Rule — (NIBMAR) was a policy adopted by the British Empire requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony, rather than rule by the white colonial minority, before the empire granted its colony independence.In particular, this position was… … Wikipedia
Majority rule — Majority Rules redirects here. For Canadian comedy show, see Majority Rules!. Part of the Politics series Electoral methods … Wikipedia
Voting methods (parliamentary) — Voting methods in parliamentary procedure are the methods used in a deliberative assembly to take a vote. Common Voting methodsViva voceA vote by voice is the regular method of voting on any motion that does not require more than a majority vote… … Wikipedia
Majority problem (cellular automaton) — The majority problem, or density classification task is the problem of finding one dimensional cellular automaton rules that accurately perform majority voting. Using local transition rules, cells cannot know the total count of all the ones in… … Wikipedia
majority — ma·jor·i·ty /mə jȯr ə tē/ n pl ties 1 a: legal age b: the status of one who has reached legal age 2 a: a number or quantity greater than half of a total compare plu … Law dictionary
Voting system — For other uses, see Voting system (disambiguation). Part of the Politics series Electoral methods … Wikipedia
Voting paradox — This article is about the arguably irrational results that can arise in a collective choice among three or more alternatives. For the contention that an individual s vote will probably not affect the outcome, see Paradox of voting. The voting… … Wikipedia
majority — Full age; legal age; age at which a person is no longer a minor. The age at which, by law, a person is capable of being legally responsible for all his or her acts (e.g. contractual obligations), and is entitled to the management of his or her… … Black's law dictionary
majority — Full age; legal age; age at which a person is no longer a minor. The age at which, by law, a person is capable of being legally responsible for all his or her acts (e.g. contractual obligations), and is entitled to the management of his or her… … Black's law dictionary
Majority — This article is about the mathematical concept of majority. For other uses, see Majority (disambiguation). A majority is a subset of a group consisting of more than half of its members. This can be compared to a plurality, which is a subset… … Wikipedia