Electoral system family

1.1a (3): 'Multi-member electoral unit' shall mean an electoral unit where more than one but less than the total number of representatives for a certain level of authority is elected. (5) 'Election threshold' shall mean a certain percentage of votes received (valid ballots) that must be won by a political subject in order for it to be eligible to participate in the allocation of mandates. 

9.1 (2): Of the twenty-eight (28) members who shall be directly elected by voters registered to vote for the territory of the Federation of BiH, twenty-one (21) shall be elected from multi-member constituencies under the proportional representation formula set forth in Article 9.5 of this law, and seven (7) shall be compensatory mandates elected from the territory of the Federation as a whole according to Article 9.6 of this law. 

9.1 (3): Of the fourteen (14) members who shall be directly elected by voters registered to vote for the territory of the Republika Srpska, nine (9) shall be elected from multi-member constituencies under the proportional representation formula set forth in Article 9.5 of the law, and five (5) shall be compensatory mandates elected from the territory of the Republika Srpska as a whole according to Article 9.6 of this law. 

5.14 (2): The ballot shall allow a voter to vote for only one of the following options: 1. an independent candidate, if there are any; or 2. a political party, a coalition, or independent candidates list, if there are any; or 3. within one list of candidates of one political party, coalition, or list of independent candidates, the opportunity to mark one or more candidates on the list chosen by the voter. Where a voter has validly marked one or more candidates on one list, the list shall be considered to have received one valid vote for the purpose of allocating mandates. 

5.14 (3): A voter may cast his or her vote only as provided in this Article.