At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates not exceeding the number to be elected. If \(\mathbf{4}\) …

At an election, a voter may vote for any number of candidates not exceeding the number to be elected. If \(\mathbf{4}\) candidates are to be elected out of the \(\mathbf{1 2}\) contested in the election and voter votes for at least one candidate, then the number of ways of selections is: