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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

10:51 Oct 17, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Government / Politics
Arabic term or phrase: تعميم نمط الاقتراع اللائحي
in Moroccan elections
Noha Kamal, PhD.
Local time: 21:02
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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Note added at 37 mins (2008-10-17 11:28:42 GMT)
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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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Note added at 38 mins (2008-10-17 11:29:54 GMT)
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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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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-10-17 22:21:11 GMT) Post-grading
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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?
Selected response from:

Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 04:02
Grading comment
Yes, Sam, this is very close to my context. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1the generalization of the roll voting mode
Sam Berner
Summary of reference entries provided
list vs. roll
Alaa Zeineldine

Discussion entries: 7





  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
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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Note added at 37 mins (2008-10-17 11:28:42 GMT)
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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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Note added at 38 mins (2008-10-17 11:29:54 GMT)
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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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Note added at 11 hrs (2008-10-17 22:21:11 GMT) Post-grading
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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?

Sam Berner
Australia
Local time: 04:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Yes, Sam, this is very close to my context. Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Fayez Roumieh: I don't agree with Generalization. I fee something wrong with it. I'll get back to you as soon as I get the one I think it is the best
14 mins
  -> making universal? publicizing?
agree  Nadia Ayoub: I think "diffusion" is the word.
5 hrs
neutral  Alaa Zeineldine: Please see my reference comment below.
11 hrs
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Reference comments


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
Egypt
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Sam Berner: Thanks Alaa - I agree, it needs its own entry.
7 mins
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