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Procedural democracy - Procedural theory sets forth principles that describe how governments should make decisions. The principles address three distinct questions: Who should participate in decision making, how much should each participant's vote count, and how many votes are needed to reach a decision?

Conscience vote - A conscience vote or free vote is a type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are each expected to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.

Alternative vote top-up - The Alternative Vote Plus (AV+) or Alternative Vote Top-up is a voting system intended for use in elections to an assembly or legislature. Under AV+ most candidates are elected from single member constituencies under the Alternative Vote system while a small number of candidates are elected under the ...

Vote allocation - Vote allocation is a system of tactical voting used on the Republic of China on Taiwan from the late-1990s until 2004, after which the voting system is to be changed from single non-transferable vote to a two ballot system. In this system, voters are asked to vote for a party candidate based on items such as their day of birthday so as to evenly distribute votes.

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Voting Procedures in the Senate - Link to a document from the Congressional Research Service titled "Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements," describing various types of voting procedures used in the U.S. Senate.

Approval Voting - A voting procedure in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they wish. Each candidate approved of receives one vote, and the candidate with the most votes wins.

The De Borda Institute - A Northern Ireland-based not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote the use of Borda voting and related voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.

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