What does WVS stand for?

Weighted Voting System

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Samples in periodicals archive:

To assure the outcome can be trusted, some of those involved in designing the program say a weighted voting system may eventually be required.

U.S. has Wiki idea for online reviewing of patents; Experts can ...

The council would select the superintendent and adopt the district budget through a weighted voting system based on the population served by the LAUSD -- giving Villaraigosa a supermajority vote.

6 CITIES TEAM UP IN BID TO CONTROL PUBLIC SCHOOLS SOUTHEAST ...

should insist that the WTO adopt a voting arrangement similar to that which exists with the United Nation's Security Council or the weighted voting system of the IMF/World Bank.

Mfg. 'emergency' requires radical response--USBIC

An internal United Way Task Force report proposes strengthening the power of the largest affiliates, including the Greater Los Angeles chapter, under a weighted voting system that reflects the size of communities served.

REGIONAL STATUS FOR UNITED WAY? CHANGE IN OPERATIONS, FUND-RAISING ...

Adopted in 1972, the current MWD Act formula that sets the method for the existing weighted voting system provides each of the district's 27 member agencies with at least one representative, with another representative added for each full 3 percent of the assessed valuation of property within MWD's 5,200-square-mile service area.

Metropolitan Approves Proposal to Reduce Size of Governing Board