delegatedvotingscheme
nounUK /ˈdɛlɪɡeɪtɪd ˈvəʊtɪŋ skiːm/
US /ˈdɛlɪɡeɪtɪd ˈvoʊtɪŋ skiːm/
A plan where people let someone else vote for them.
The club used a delegated voting scheme so busy members could still have a say.
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2. A rule set that lets a voter hand their vote to a trusted person for a specific decision.
Under the delegated voting scheme, she passed her vote to her teammate for the budget meeting.
3. A way of organizing elections in which chosen representatives cast votes on behalf of others.
The committee adopted a delegated voting scheme to speed up large meetings.
4. A formal arrangement in which voting power is transferred temporarily to another participant.
The board's delegated voting scheme allowed absent members to be represented.