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تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي

English translation: election by list, list-based elections

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Arabic term or phrase:	نمط الاقتراع اللائحي
English translation:	election by list, list-based elections
Entered by:	Alaa Zeineldine

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10:51 Oct 17, 2008

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Arabic term or phrase: تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي

in Moroccan elections

Noha Kamal, PhD. KudoZ activity Questions: 248 (none open) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 1228
Local time: 19:39

the generalization of the roll voting mode

Explanation:
الاقتراع اللائحي is when the party provides a list (roll) of nominees , like they did in Iraq, instead of having single candidates do their election campaign, like what you have in Egypt.

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"list proportional representation system" is what the elections system in Morocco is called..according to http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=146

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Looking at Fayez' objection..

"Making the list-based voting system general" sounds better. Can we have some more context, Noha..

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I think what is being meant by تعميم is that they have two different election systems, one for the Upper House and one for the Lower House (I am being English, sorry).. and that they want to make them both the same. This is what I gathered from reading the news and discussions online yesterday. So not sure about "diffusion" and "mainstreaming". More like - contextually - unifying both systems.. Anyone with better ideas?

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Sam Berner
Local time: 03:39

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Yes, Sam, this is very close to my context. Thanks.
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the generalization of the roll voting mode

Sam Berner

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list vs. roll

Alaa Zeineldine

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the generalization of the roll voting mode

Sam Berner
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Yes, Sam, this is very close to my context. Thanks.

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12 hrs peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: list vs. roll

Reference information:
It is possible, even likely, to interpret "roll voting" as when members of a body are called one by one to cast their vote. For elections where the voter has to choose a complete list of candidates running together, out of several competing lists, as opposed to choosing individual candidates, the term "list" is more common. One can say "list-based elections" or "election by list" as Wikipedia suggests below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_by_list

I also think that the word اقتراع here refers to the whole election system, not just the specific voting process.

I do have a comment on the translation of تعميم, but I'd rather wait till you post a separate question for it before commenting. The term deserves to have its separate glossary entry.

Alaa Zeineldine
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Oct 17, 2008 - Changes made by Alaa Zeineldine:
Edited KOG entry	Noha Kamal, PhD.'s old entry - "تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي" => "the adoption of the roll voting mode"
Oct 17, 2008 - Changes made by Noha Kamal, PhD.:
Edited KOG entry	Noha Kamal, PhD.'s old entry - "تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي" => "the generalization of the roll voting mode"

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تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي

English translation: election by list, list-based elections

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تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي

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