In such a cases the ratio of X to Y in the solution usually reflects the ratio of people voting for each alternative.

在这种情况下，在解决问题办法中的x和y的比例通常反映了成员们为二者投票的比例。

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RANKED-CHOICE voting is not new. Known as the alternative vote system outside America, it is used from Australia to Ireland.

排序复选制投票并不是什么新生儿，它作为美国外的另外一种投票机制，从澳大利亚到爱尔兰都得到了应用。

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In a referendum of Reform members held earlier this month, 60.5% of those voting backed the United Alternative.

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Kemmerer, a professor of computer science at the University of California Santa Barbara, knows too much about New Jersey's alternative: the embattled Sequoia touchscreen voting systems used throughout the state.

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The key shift came in the racially mixed central corridor of the city, where liberal white voters, who would have been reluctant to support a white candidate over Mayor Bosley, felt comfortable voting for a black alternative.

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