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  • Example ballot paper (showing a neutral ballot paper format)
  • Definition of casting vote (chair only votes if the motion is tied)
  • Definition of countback (fill a casual vacancy by re-examining the votes that elected the vacating member)
  • Definition of deliberative vote (chair votes at the same time as other members)
  • Definition of district magnitude (number of members elected per district)
  • Different ways of naming districts
  • Entrenching the electoral system
  • Definition of fully optional preferential voting
  • Definition of the gold standard electoral system
  • Definition of the Meek system of counting STV votes (uses keep values instead of transfer values)
  • Advantages of returning an odd number of members from an electoral district (ensures a majority of votes returns a majority of members)
  • Advantages of using an odd number of districts
  • Advantages of an odd number of members in a representative body
  • Definition of proportional representation (PR)
  • Definition of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (PR-STV) 
  • Advantages of Robson Rotation (each opportunity for each candidate)
  • Advantages of electing the same number of members from each district
  • Advantages of using the same number of voters in each district
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