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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 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. |
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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">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 |
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">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Brief for appellant">{{cite web |url=http://www.citizen.org/litigation/article_redirect.cfm?ID=666 |title=Brief for appellant: Twin Cities Area New Party vs Secretary of State of Minnesota |publisher=Public Citizen Foundation}}</ref> |
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== Discussions == |
== Discussions == |
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Revision as of 15:14, 19 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]
Discussions
- Electoral Fusion and multiwinner races - 2020-February - robert bristow-johnson and Jack Santucci - EM list
References
- ↑ "What is Fusion" (PDF). Oregon Working Families Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15.
- ↑ "Brief for appellant: Twin Cities Area New Party vs Secretary of State of Minnesota". Public Citizen Foundation.