Editing Block voting (section)

== Types of block voting ==
Multiple winners are typically elected simultaneously in one non-transferable round of voting. In some cases, multiple non-transferable voting (MNTV) appears in a [[Two-round system|runoff or two-round version]], as seen in certain [[local elections in France]], where candidates without an absolute majority are thinned out before a second round. 

=== Plurality block voting ===
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In a block voting election, all candidates compete for ''m'' positions, often referred to as the district magnitude. Each voter selects up to ''m'' candidates on the ballot.<ref name="Sanok 2007 j748">{{cite web | last=Sanok | first=Ann | title=EEE victim's memory celebrated at benefit | website=blueridgenow.com | date=19 October 2007 | url=https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2007/10/19/eee-victim-s-memory-celebrated/52766475007/ | access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> The ''m'' candidates with the most votes, but not necessarily a majority, are elected and fill the positions.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Andrew |url=http://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/electoral-system-design-new-international-idea-handbook?lang=en |title=Electoral System Design: The New International IDEA Handbook |last2=Reilly |first2=Ben |last3=Ellis |first3=Andrew |date=2005 |publisher=International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance |isbn=978-91-85391-18-9 |location=Stockholm, Sweden |page=44 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221113519/http://www.idea.int/publications/catalogue/electoral-system-design-new-international-idea-handbook?lang=en |archive-date=December 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Two-round block voting ===
Two-round block voting is a variation of plurality-at-large where the field of candidates is thinned out before a second round.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}

=== General ticket / Party block voting ===
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Party block voting (PBV) or the general ticket is the party-list version of block voting. In contrast to the classic block vote, where candidates may stand as non-partisan and some minority nominations can theoretically succeed, PBV associates each candidate with a party list voted on by electors, often leading to a landslide outcome. The [[Parliament of Singapore]] uses this system for most of its elections.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}

=== Approval block voting ===
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Block approval voting permits every voter to vote for any number of candidates, provided that they do not vote more than once for the same candidate. Block voting, specifically plurality block voting, is compared with preferential block voting as both often produce landslide victories for similar candidates. Instead of checkboxes, preferential block voting utilizes a [[preferential ballot]], making it a multiple ''transferable'' vote rather than a multiple ''non-transferable'' vote. Under both systems, a slate of the top preferred candidate and their clones typically secures every available seat.

=== Preferential block voting ===
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Block voting, or plurality block voting, is often compared with [[preferential block voting]] as both systems tend to produce landslide victories for similar candidates. Instead of a series of checkboxes, preferential block voting uses a [[preferential ballot]]. A slate of clones of the top preferred candidate will win every seat under both systems, however in preferential block voting this is instead the [[Instant-runoff voting|instant-runoff]] winner.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}