  electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate. distinct from the process of electoral alliances in that the political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice of electoral fusion in jurisdictions where it exists allows minor parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a major party's candidate. electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross-endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination, and ballot-freedom. ==brazil==  electoral fusion is very common in brazil. == hong kong == while no party law exists in hong kong, candidates in election may list their "political affiliation" on ballots, and there is no restriction regarding the number of political parties or organisations a candidate report to be affiliated with. for example, in the 2004 legislative council election chan kam lam, of the dab, and chan yuen han (unrelated), of the ftu, running on different tickets in the same multi-member constituency, were endorsed by both the dab and the ftu. ==italy==  electoral fusion is provided for and regulated by the italian electoral system for general elections, in order to get a majority bonus. however the parties can run as stand-alones. that is also provided for administrative divisions, to get the majority bonus in support of the candidate who gets the relative chief office. ==united states== electoral fusion was once widespread in the united states. in the late nineteenth century, however, as minor political parties such as the populist party became increasingly successful in using fusion, state legislatures enacted bans against it. one republican minnesota state legislator was clear about what his party was trying to do: "we don't propose to allow the democrats to make allies of the populists, prohibitionists, or any other party, and get up combination tickets against us. we can whip them single-handed, but don't intend to fight all creation."spoiling for a fight, 227-228 the creation of the minnesota democratic-farmer-labor party made this particular tactical position obsolete. by 1
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