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'''Electoral fusion''' is an arrangement where two or more [[w:Political party|political parties]] on a [[w:ballot|ballot]] list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate. Distinct from the process of [[w:electoral alliance|electoral alliance]]s in that the political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice of electoral fusion in [[w:jurisdiction|jurisdiction]]s where it exists allows minor parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a major party's candidate.
Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination, and ballot freedom.<ref name="What is Fusion">
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Revision as of 02:10, 4 February 2020
Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate. Distinct from the process of electoral alliances in that the political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice of electoral fusion in jurisdictions where it exists allows minor parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a major party's candidate.
Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination, and ballot freedom.[1][2]
- ↑ cite web|url=http://oregonwfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Whatisfusion.pdf |title=What is Fusion |publisher=Oregon Working Families Party |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415131853/http://oregonwfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Whatisfusion.pdf |archivedate=2012-04-15
- ↑ "Brief for appellant: Twin Cities Area New Party vs Secretary of State of Minnesota". Public Citizen Foundation.