equal election

equal election
An election in which every elector has the right to have his vote counted for all it is worth in proportion to the whole number of qualified electors desiring to exercise their privilege. McKinney v Barker, 180 Ky 526, 203 SW 303. An election where the vote of every elector is equal in its influence upon the result to the vote of every other elector; where each ballot is as effective as every other ballot. Blue v State, 206 Ind 98, 188 NE 583, 91 ALR 334.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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