Greetings, on this list serve, I think, most feel that PR is best because it offers the most representation; i.e. approaching direct democracy. Do we know...
... The only groups we have much information about (that I know of) are academics, reformers, and some politicians. We do know a few snippets, for example...
Good discussion. Thanks, Bob for the great list of references below. I would have to add "Real Choices, New Voices" by Doug Amy as a great all-around text...
... True. Though in the U.S., much of the apathy toward political parties is a result of *lax* party dicipline and *lax* policy. *I* would certainly rather...
I would argue that single member districts are not two party districts but one party districts (at times switching patries from time to time but usually one...
... Can you expand on this? ... I believe that ChoicePlus implements WIGM without transferring to candidates that have been elected. We use that for CfER...
*Upcoming Iraqi Parliamentary Elections to Use Historic Proportional Voting System* Reforms Should Increase Turnout, Minority Inclusion Iraq today began early...
The Sunnis in Iraq fear the Shiite government. They will go to war if they're disenfranchised. Iraqi Proportional Representation, in theory, will produce a ...
Why not simply require a supermajority vote.-- Patrick ... From: Paul Klinkman To: Voice4all@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 3:41 PM Subject:...
... Agreed. This is a supirior tactic for two reasons: 1. It requires no complex math on the part of the populous. 2. Even with the extra minority votes...
Agreed, also, for the reasons David cites. The other alternative that's sometimes used is to give the minority a veto over certain classes of legislation of a...
... One of the surest ways to make sure that the Party in Majority cannot bulldozer over the Parties in Minority is to require that for certain legislation ot...
But, of course, the problem, once you get into systems like this, is that you start having to legally classify people according to which minority they belong...
Spake *David Joslyn:* ... A good point, that. Some possibilities (YMMV): - Insofar as who gets to be a minority (queue Green Day), I'd say let the public...
... determine their level of interest. If that's what you want it would be simplest to use STV-PR. Then any "group" that wants representation can put up a...
... that you start having to legally classify people according to which minority they belong to, which invites all kinds of malfeasance and gamesmanship....
Please respond if you get this e-mail. I just got a notice that I was no longer on the yahoo group so I re-joined it. Some of the following is repeated since...
Message>----- Original Message ----- ... It can hurt a lot. You may end up with the tyranny of the minority. This can be the elite minority. In LA County...
... Interesting. Would you care to expand on this thinking? Can we talk about alternatives to normal legislative bodies? Is this ... I don't see why not. The...
Requiring a supermajority does not lead to a tyranny of the minority since the minority cannot enact legislation, it can only stop legislation. Sure, at first...
According to this scheme, I can get together with 10 of my friends and we can selfselect ourselves as the "disgruntled minority" and block any legislation we...
... From: David Joslyn To: Voice4all@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [Voice4all] Re: 1 person 2 votes It can hurt a...
A good test case is a country like Venezuela. The population is something like 90% indigenous or mixed-indigenous/European, but for centuries the pure-bred...
The Voice4All list was established in 2001 by Dan Johnson-Weinberger as "the national discussion/organizing list for proportional voting systems in the United...
I strongly favor the merger. I would prefer that we convince the FairVote moderators to keep the Voice4All name rather than the ProportionalVoting name, but...
I agree here. I think we should keep using a name like "Voice4All" or "Representation4All." Proportional doesn't do us a service. You can always put the word...
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