The attached document provides a detailed description of the STV counting procedure that will used for the Local Government elections to be held in Scotland on...
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Important data on the results and the generally low rate of spoiled ballots in Scotland's choice voting elections. Note the problems in the mixed member ...
... Yes, indeed! The introduction of "Choice Voting" (STV-PR) is good news all the way. Levels of rejected ballot papers were well within expectation, many...
See here: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=2796 7 [...] How do you get GLBT delegates elected from conservative Tulsa...
Hi, all. I've started an open thread on our blog. Feel free to use this to share your stories, insights and ideas on reform in your community. You can find the...
... the ... Have you looked the material on the Electoral Reform Society's website? May be something suitable or adaptable there. (NB It is written for UK...
... Looks like an opportunity. Is anyone available to go to Philly and give a presentation about proportional representation? -- ... John B. Hodges, jbhodges@...
Hello all My name is Redante and I am just discovering the various organizations that deal with electoral reform. I must say I am impressed with the amount of...
Interesting elections in both Wales and Scotland using mixed member proportional voting -- the same kind of system on the October ballot in Ontario. Rob ##### ...
Quite an amazing development, when you think about it. A Canadian province is not an American state, but...more than 12 million people live there, which is...
Mr Richie, Despite the superficial similarities, Wales' is not "the same kind of system" that is being proposed for my province of Ontario. In the Welsh system...
Good to see -- lots of reader comments after the story as well. Rob ######## http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2121716,00.html Electoral reform:...
... of ... list ... proportionality ... and ... the ... constituency ... Ontario's ... list ... their ... would ... MMP ... The description above of the...
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<http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=103563&Itemid=171>BC premier says recommendations to boost BC legislature by two ...
I've seen a number of op-eds and letters opposing MMP in the Ontario press. They're all on about the same level as Rob's specimen below. The "no" campaign now...
http://www.voteformmp.ca/donate There's just one restriction -- see below. ... From: Bob Richard Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 8:36 AM To: info@... ...
... Rob, mud indeed! But I wonder just how much of it will stick, with references to "Kenneth Arrow's theorem" and "the Gibbard- Sattherwaite Theorem". Most...
Whether or not electoral reformers should support MMP in Ontario, they should consider the example of the Electoral Reform Society, the oldest proportional...
Chilton integration system upheld http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/118768442985440.xml&coll=2 *Dillard case is final in series of...