However, open lists need not hamper women’s representation. To the degree that women organise themselves and actively campaign for voting female candidates, preference voting may not work against women. Instead it may also result in stronger women’s representation. In Denmark both the opportunity of voters to cast preference votes and parties’ nomination practices are favouring high levels of women’s representation. Another case in point is Peru, where voters actively use preference voting to elect women, most recently in the 2006 elections.