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The required majority makes the validity of the results dependent on the approval (or perhaps rejection) of a certain percentage of the electorate. If a simple majority of those voting is not sufficient, there are two different kinds of possible majority requirements:

(A) a rule requiring a qualified majority of those voting (that could be e g 55%, 60% or 65%);

(B)  a rule requiring that there must, in addition to a simple majority of those voting, also be a specified number of Yes votes (e g 35%, 40%, 45% or 50%) of the total national electorate.