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'''Proxy voting''' is a form of [[voting]] whereby a member of a decision-making body may delegate his or her voting power to a representative, to enable a vote in absence. The representative may be another member of the same body, or external. A person so designated is called a "proxy" and the person designating him or her is called a "principal". Proxy appointments can be used to form a [[voting bloc]] that can exercise greater influence in [[deliberation]]s or [[negotiation]]s. Proxy voting is a particularly important practice with respect to corporations; in the United States, investment advisers often vote proxies on behalf of their client accounts.<ref>Lemke and Lins, ''Regulation of Investment Advisers'' (Thomson West, 2017 ed.).</ref>

A related topic is [[liquid democracy]], a family of electoral systems where votes are transferable and grouped by voters, candidates or combination of both to create proportional representation, and [[Proxy voting#Delegated voting|delegated democracy]].

Another related topic is the so-called Proxy Plan, or [[interactive representation]] [[electoral system]] whereby elected representatives would wield as many votes as they received in the previous election. Oregon held a referendum on adopting such an [[electoral system]] in 1912.<ref>Grain Growers Guide (Canada), August 7, 1912, p. 10</ref>