Folks, London had its elections on Thursday. The 25 member city council elected by "mixed member PR", with 14 ward seats and 11 add-on seats from party lists...
Below is a message from Rick Van Wie, a leader on a state legislature-initiated task force on voting methods last year that reviewed a full range of options...
FYI... The Vermont League of Women Voters studied redistricting and how voting methods impact competitiveness, representativeness and inclusion of minorities,...
Terrill Bouricius
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May 9, 2008 6:14 pm
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The terms "proportional representation" and "winner-take-all" get used during our presidential nomination season more than at any other time in our politics....
Good editorial for backers of proportional representation. I'm proud to say I had a minor role in all this, as my wife Cindy Terrell and I were invited to do a...
I an not a political scientist or a legal scholar, just a U.S. democracy activist, but since EU member nations such as France and England do not have PR...
Good point, Jack, but I suspect this 10% threshold creates even more perverse results than single-member districts -- although disproportionality in France and...
Dear Wise Friend This is to invite you to participate in a discussion group in which we aim to come (together with your help) to a commonly agreed best...
Key quote: Palin addressed the Independence Party's state convention by video earlier this year, welcoming the party to Fairbanks. She gave no indication of a...
A good win for advocates of PR in New Zealand - Wellington is its capital city. Story below. See the latest on the major U.S. campaigns this year for ranked...
Folks, Check this out. We may brush it up next month, so any feedback would be appreciated. <http://fairvote.org/?page=2451>http://fairvote.org/?page=2451 -Rob...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/10/how-dc-votes/ How D.C. votes Electoral rules stifle choice Rob Richie and Jack Santucci Monday, November 10,...
The idea of splitting seats 50/50 between districts and proportional reps within regions certainly has merit. But the idea of using plurality for the ...
Nigeria is a nation of some 135 million people... Rob ############# http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200812123533310 Federal Government may split...
The portion I excerpt can be found here: http://aceproject.org/today/feature-articles/article-resources/u.s.-electoral-systems-state-and-local-government ...
Bangladesh, like Pakistan and India, uses plurality voting in districts. There's been some interest in PR in all three countries. Here's some talk of PR in...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/01/politics-snp-budget-defeat The SNP's defeated budget may yet prove to be a blessing * Jim Wallace * The...
Dear proportionalvoters, As you may know, British Columbia will vote on whether to adopt STV (choice voting) on May 12, 2009. With some BC people, I have...
Some sample content from http://www.strengthendemocracy.org/ We Want Your Ideas Together, we can create a stronger democracy, with greater participation by the...
Opponents of electoral reform in British Columbia have claimed that if BC-STV were implemented, all the MLAs in the rural districts would come from the biggest...
In British Columbia some opponents of electoral reform have claimed that STV always "wastes" a near quota of votes - those credited to the finally excluded...
Choice Plus Pro produces such a report automatically. This is what it shows for the 1999 Cambridge, Massachusetts results (where 9 seats were up for...
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