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Voting: For and Against

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2025

John Hyman
John Hyman*
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Department of Philosophy, University College London, UK.
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*Corresponding author. Email: j.hyman@ucl.ac.uk
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Abstract

This article defends the proposal that voters be permitted to choose whether to cast a vote for a candidate or against a candidate: a vote for a candidate would increase their total number of votes by one, as it does at present, whereas a vote against a candidate would decrease their total number of votes by one.

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votingdemocracypoliticselection

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 23 , Issue 68 , Autumn 2024 , pp. 5 - 10
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Royal Institute of Philosophy

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Article updated on 26 April 2025.

A correction has been issued for this article:

Voting: For and Against – ERRATUM

John Hyman