Once the Republican intervention had made the election into a plebiscite on partition, pressure was put on Porter to withdraw to avoid unionist vote splitting.
It is an electoral system that forbids absolutely any vote splitting or any indication of shades of opinion.
California has a history of vote splitting.
Comments about back-stabbing, vote splitting and skullduggery will be heard.
Recent vote splitting has allowed the Liberals to come through and win a few seats in this polarized province.
In any case, the state has to cast its votes en bloc, i.e., without vote splitting.
This fear arises from the possibility of vote splitting.
To avoid vote splitting, the two major parties will typically nominate only 6 members and smaller parties typically only nominate one.
In the local elections in Baden-Württemberg, voters are allowed to take advantage of cumulative voting and vote splitting.
The dual-vote system with the respective possibility of vote splitting was introduced.