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International legislative data specifications
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Make vote option code list closed #102

Open jpmckinney opened 9 years ago

jpmckinney commented 9 years ago

Many countries have many ways of abstaining. The code should be abstain in all cases, and a note field should specify the type of abstention.

jpmckinney commented 9 years ago

/cc @tmtmtmtm

tmtmtmtm commented 9 years ago

:+1:

akuckartz commented 9 years ago

Any examples for "many ways of abstaining" ?

jpmckinney commented 9 years ago

Sure, Chile has a special abstention "Artículo 5° B ley orgánica constitucional del Congreso Nacional", which means, "abstained due to conflict of interest".