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Will the fallowing be components of South Korea's electoral system prior to their next presidential election
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resolved Jan 18
Resolved
YES
Single winner FPTP districts [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
Proportional balancing seats [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
Some form of parallel voting (where multiple electoral systems are used independent of each other) [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
Party lists [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
Closed lists [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
FPTP voting for presidential elections [currently in use]
Resolved
YES
All the same components of the current system (i.e. no electoral change is passed)
Resolved
N/A
Any non FPTP voting system for presidential elections
Resolved
NO
Non-party list multi-winner districts
Resolved
NO
Single non transferable vote (1 vote per multiple seats)
Resolved
NO
Single transferable vote (a form of ranked voting)
Resolved
NO
Sequential proportional approval voting
Resolved
NO
Open lists
Resolved
NO
An increase in the portion of PR balancing seats prior to February 2019 or an increase in the maximum potential portion of balancing seats if a system is used where the number of balancing seats is allowed to vary
Resolved
NO
An increase in the portion of seats elected in parallel using party list PR prior to February 2019
Resolved
NO
Any system with proportional balancing seats where the balancing seats are tied to the vote totals from the non proportional seats (ex. the mixed single vote system used in the 2019 Thailand election)
Resolved
NO
A rule prohibiting (or attempting to prohibit) parties from creating satellite parties
Resolved
NO
A runoff for presidential elections
Resolved
NO
A ranked voting method (ex. instant runoff voting) for presidential elections
Resolved
NO
A rated voting method (ex. approval voting) presidential elections

Since political parties in South Korea are currently discuss electoral reform measures next week in a bid to fix the problems with the current additional member proportional representation system, I figured I would make a market about it including the currently discussed reforms along with many other potential (though very unlikely) reforms I chose to include as well.

Currently discussed proposals are listed here
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230320000800
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/12/113_342977.html

As well as the discussion of the use of runoffs here
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2022/04/30/why-electoral-runoffs-would-improve-south-koreas-democracy/

Oh and the current system for reference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_South_Korean_legislative_election#New_system

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I recognize that options like approval and SPAV are just not going happen. I just added them because I am a fan. Feel free to bet them into oblivion

Forgot I added this option as it is redundant. There is already FPTP voting for presidential elections which is the inverse of this option. Resolving it as n/a

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