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Cross-community vote
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<p>A cross-community vote or cross-community support is a form of <a href="/facts/Voting_methods_(parliamentary)/gaKvdRor">voting</a> used in the <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland_Assembly/VHRNXGsz">Northern Ireland Assembly</a> according to the provisions of the 1998 <a href="/facts/Good_Friday_Agreement/NGphY7YR">Good Friday Agreement</a>. It requires the support of both main communities in Northern Ireland, in other words majority of <a href="/facts/Unionist_(Ireland)/SeTgeeG6">unionists</a> <i>and</i> the majority of <a href="/facts/Nationalist_(Ireland)/fFyubXhY">nationalist</a> members of the Assembly. Among other reasons, it arises when the petition of concern procedure is invoked. </p>