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The matrix vote is a voting procedure which can be used when one group of people wishes to elect a smaller number of persons, each of whom is to have a different assignment. Examples of its use are:
when an association elects its executive committee; and
Consider the situation in which a parliament elects a government of ten ministers.
The ballot paper is tabular, a matrix, ten by ten: on one axis are listed the ten ministerial posts to be elected, and on the other axis are the ten preferences.
Each MP then casts one vote (of a maximum) of ten preferences, naming the ten ministers in her order of preference, and saying at the same time in which ministerial post she wishes each of her nominees to serve. A full ballot will contain one name in each column, and one name in each row: that is, she identifies, in her order of preference, ten nominees, one for each of the ten ministerial posts.
The count is in two stages: a Quota Borda system (QBS) is used to identify the ten most popular candidates; and then a Modified Borda Count determines which of these successful candidates will serve in which ministry.
The matrix vote is proportional.[citation needed] It is ideally suited, therefore, to the formation of power-sharing governments, especially in post-conflict scenarios, and not least because it works without any resort to party or sectarian labels.[1][2]
^Designing an All-Inclusive Democracy by Peter Emerson, published by Springer Verlag, 2007, part I pages 61-85, "Designing an All-Inclusive Democracy" ISBN978-3-540-33163-6 (print) 978-3-540-33164-3 (online)
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