The Single Transferable Vote.

To this feature of the system we owe the terra—"Single transferable vote"—which is the title given to the vote cast by the elector, who, in casting it, knows that, under all circumstances, his vote will count for some one of the names which he marks in the order of his preference, after the men he has placed higher have been elected (having received the quota), without his vote being required, or after it has been found impossible to declare them elected, not having, from all sources, received a number equal to the quota. In all cases every elector has the satisfaction, after the election, of pointing at a successful man for whom he voted as representing his views, whether the vote was in the first, second, or further order of preference.