Editing Block voting (section)

=== 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>