A party list in which voters can alter a party's ordering of its list candidates, e.g. by expressing a preference for a particular candidate. New Zealand uses a closed list
A type of ballot found in list proportional representation in which voters can express a preference for a candidate within a party list as well as vote for that list. Votes for individual candidates improve their chances of being elected.
An open list is publicly accessible. Anyone can join and archives of old messages appear on the Mailtalk web.
A form of list proportional representation in which electors can express a preference for a candidate within a party list, as well as voting for the party.
Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This as opposed to closed list, which allows the usually much fewer, active, voting party members to determine the order of its candidates and gives the voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. Additionally, an open list system could also allow a voter to vote for the party as a whole without expressing a preference between individuals.