You are correct on the Kingdom of Munster I guess Sarah777 (talk) 22:56, 23 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

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Hello, thank you for correcting things on the page for Elections in China. I was curious if block voting should be removed all together, or is the electoral system both block voting and combined approval voting? It seems me mentioning it as block voting is incorrect, or at least superfluous/unnecessary. --Criticalthinker (talk) 10:57, 13 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Criticalthinker: At least from what I can see, the system is a bit complicated. On the ballot, you have three options listed for each candidate (approve, disapprove, abstain; Article 40 of the electoral law) which matches combined AV, but unlike the normal version (where you can vote for as many candidates as you like), you only get as many votes as there are positions available (Article 43 of the electoral law), and you then have to deal with the rule requiring a 50% majority and a turnout over 50% to be elected, otherwise run-offs are required (Article 44 of the electoral law), and in that run-off you only need one-third of the vote. It appears that provinces technically also get a say as to exactly what voting system will be used (Article 14 of the electoral law), and the number of deputies in each local people's congress seems complicated, especially since urban and rural districts appear to be treated differently (Article 11 of the electoral law), so I'm not sure exactly how the system can be described in a concise manner. 47.19.150.58 (talk) 13:31, 13 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

I believe you are correct on this. After looking more closely at it, it does look like the general system is a combination of block voting and combined approval voting. Like you said only getting to vote for as many candidiates as are there are seats is block voting. But getting to vote for, against, abstain - or write-in another candidate entirely - is a very peculiar brand of combined approval voing (CAV), but CAV, nonetheless. So, it really is both. This is all very interesting. This was my first time learning about approval voting, which is what was confusing me as I'd never heard of it. --Criticalthinker (talk) 09:40, 18 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

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