Five-point electoral law, of five-adjectives election is a concept used in Polish
political science
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referring to the
election
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative d ...
s that are:
* universal
* direct
* equal
* proportional
* anonymous (
secret ballot
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).
A similar concept is used in elections to the
Israel
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i
Knesset
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The Knesset passes all laws, elects the President of Israel, president and Prime Minister of Israel, prime minister, approves the Cabinet of Israel, cabinet, and supe ...
, with a sixth adjective, "national (No
constituencies
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)", added, and "general" used instead of "universal".
References
Google Books
Elections in Poland
Law of Poland
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