Electoral fusion in the United States

Balloting

Ballots
Absentee ballot Provisional ballot Sample ballot
Candidates and Ballot measures
Write-in candidate Electorate Slate Ticket
Collection
Ballot box Compulsory voting Early voting Electronic voting Open ballot Polling place Postal voting Precinct Vote center Voting booth
Counting
Popular vote Tally Voting machine

Electoral systems

Plurality and majoritarian systems
First-past-the-post voting Two-round system Instant-runoff voting Plurality-at-large voting General ticket Usual judgment
Proportional and semi-proportional systems
Single non-transferable vote Cumulative voting Binomial system Party-list Single transferable voting Spare vote
Mixed-member systems
Mixed-member proportional Additional member system Mixed single vote (positive vote transfer) Scorporo (negative vote transfer) Mixed ballot transferable vote Alternative Vote Plus Dual-member proportional Rural–urban proportional Majority bonus system Parallel voting (Mixed member majoritarian)

Voting strategies

Protest votes
Issue voting Fusion voting Public opinion Split-ticket voting Straight-ticket voting Tactical voting Vote pairing
Abstention Donkey vote Election boycott None of the above Refused ballot Spoilt vote

Electoral fraud and prevention

Prevention
Ballot harvesting Ballot stuffing Voter intimidation Vote buying Voter suppression Voter caging
Election ink Secret ballot Voter identification laws Voter registration End-to-end verifiable voting

Electoral fusion in the United States is an arrangement where two or more United States political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, allowing that candidate to receive votes on multiple party lines in the same election.

Electoral fusion is also known as fusion voting, cross endorsement, multiple party nomination, multi-party nomination, plural nomination and ballot freedom.

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.