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Electoral fusion in the United States is an arrangement where two or more United States political parties on a ballot list the same candidate,[1] allowing that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election.[2]
Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination, and ballot freedom.[3][4]
Electoral fusion was once widespread in the U.S. and legal in every state. However, as of 2024, it remains legal and common only in New York and Connecticut.[5][6][7]
- ^ Mitchell, Maurice; Cantor, Dan (22 March 2019). "In Defense of Fusion Voting". The Nation.
- ^ Abadi, Mark (8 November 2016). "This is why some candidates are listed more than once on your ballot". Business Insider.
- ^ "What is Fusion" (PDF). Oregon Working Families Party. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Brief for appellant: Twin Cities Area New Party vs Secretary of State of Minnesota". Public Citizen Foundation.
- ^ "The Realistic Promise of Multiparty Democracy in the United States". New America. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Fusion Voting and Its Impact on the Upcoming Election". New York Law Journal. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
- ^ "Does Fusion Voting Offer Americans a Way Out of the Partisan Morass?". The New York Times.