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Definition of Cumulative vote
1. Noun. An election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumulative Vote
Literary usage of Cumulative vote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proportional Representation by John Rogers Commons (1896)
"THE GENERAL TICKET, THE LIMITED VOTE, THE cumulative vote. ENOUGH has been said
to show the array of evils which spring from the single-membered district ..."
2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" Newspaper (1871)
"22 n 9 b—1 » 7 о — Crown Prince of Prussia, 6 j 9 a cumulative vote and the School
Board, 19 J9e Derby (Lord) on Art Education, 80 » 9 d on the Land ..."
3. The Growth of Democracy in the United States: Or, The Evolution of Popular by Frederick Albert Cleveland (1898)
"The "cumulative vote" is still another step in the right direction. By this device
the elector is allowed to cast as many votes as there are representatives ..."
4. History of the Elementary School Contest in England by Francis Adams (1882)
"The disappointment, the confusion, and the bitterness of feeling were greatly
intensified by the working of the cumulative vote, ..."
5. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1878)
"The cumulative vote has been adopted in the election of school-boards in ...
In the election of the former the cumulative vote was used ; in that of the ..."
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