While not all participatory budgeting processes include a formal voting stage, it is a very common feature, particularly in Europe.
To be included, the vote must be open to the whole public (rather than limited to a jury) and its results must be de facto binding on the government.
[2] In effect, these are several independent votes happening simultaneously, but in the list, these sub-elections are merged into one.
The table uses the following terms to describe common choices:[5][6] Cities then use a system to decide on the winning proposals.
[3] Some cities also impose additional constraints on the process (such as a maximum amount that can be spent in any single neighborhood, or a minimum amount that must be spent in a certain category of projects) or use a more complicated participatory budgeting rule (see Combinatorial participatory budgeting for detailed descriptions of common aggregation rules).