Editing Open list (section)

===Free lists or panachage===
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A "free list", more usually called [[panachage]] or mixed list, is a variant on the most open list where voters may support candidates on ''different'' lists. Candidates are typically elected using either [[cumulative voting|cumulative]] or [[block plurality]] voting. This gives the voters full control over which candidates are elected, not just within a particular party, but even across them. As a result, [[independent voter|independents]] are not forced to support candidates of only one party, and can support candidates across multiple lists, while still ensuring the results are ultimately proportional.<ref>"[http://www.aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/esd/esd02/esd02e/esd02e03 Open, closed, and free lists]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112055019/http://www.aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/esd/esd02/esd02e/esd02e03 |date=2021-01-12 }}", ''ACE Electoral Knowledge Network''</ref>

It is used in elections at all levels in [[Elections in Liechtenstein|Liechtenstein]], [[Elections in Luxembourg|Luxembourg]], and [[Elections in Switzerland|Switzerland]], in congressional elections in [[Elections in Ecuador|Ecuador]], [[Elections in El Salvador|El Salvador]], and [[Elections in Honduras|Honduras]], as well as in local elections in a majority of [[Elections in Germany|German]] [[States of Germany|states]], in [[Communes of France|French communes]] with under 1,000 inhabitants, and in [[Elections in the Czech Republic|Czech]] municipal elections.{{cn|date=July 2024}}