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One feature of many legislatures is that a [[supermajority]] of legislators can exclude (remove) certain legislators from the legislature. This is usually rarely invoked. One criticism of [[Proportional representation]] is that it can allow fringe minorities representation; this legislative exclusion feature can address that concern to some extent, though it has been criticized as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://forum.electionscience.org/t/should-party-list-allow-voters-to-disapprove-a-party-candidate-with-a-2-3rds-majority-banning-them-from-the-legislature/493|title=Should Party List allow voters to disapprove a party/candidate, with a 2/3rds majority banning them from the legislature?|date=2019-10-29|website=The Center for Election Science|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>
== Notes ==
Discussion on how to use Approval and Condorcet for legislative votes, including the ideas of "approval threshold" (how many people need to support an action being taken for it to happen; by default, it's a majority) and "concession threshold" (if an idea has a certain significant amount of support, you can indicate that you will switch from opposing to supporting it): <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/futa9q/stop_fragmentation_while_maintaining/fmmfulq|title=r/EndFPTP - Comment by u/lucasvb on ”Stop Fragmentation while maintaining”|website=reddit|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref>
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