Cumulative voting can be both simple and complex, allowing both simply support / oppose votes and more complex preferences to be cast.
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The adoption of cumulative voting in Chilton County has enabled the minority to elect candidates of their choice by pooling their votes.
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It can be considered a special variation of cumulative voting where a full vote cannot be divided among more than one candidate.
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With cumulative voting, as with straight voting, each unit owner is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of his shares.
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With cumulative voting rights, however, that one shareholder could maximize his or her voting power by casting all 700 votes for one candidate.
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Cumulative voting is not fully proportional because it suffers from the same spoiler effect of the plurality voting system without a run-off process.
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With cumulative voting, however, that same unit owner would have a total of 1, 400 votes to cast any way he or she wishes.
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However, he said, even in that situation, cumulative voting can give minority shareholders the ability to gain at least a foothold on the board.
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Under cumulative voting, shareholders can direct all their votes toward one director candidate, allowing them to gain a voice on an otherwise management-dominated board.
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But her proposals, including ideas like cumulative voting and proportional representation, were theories that went against the American idea of one-person-one-vote and majority rule.
