Publisher calls for weighted vote system for Australian Parliament
Voters should maintain a direct and dynamic online relationship with professional parliamentarians, who would exercise weighted voting power in parliament according to how many supporters they maintain, according to a … Continue reading
Macron proposes that MPs eliminate their own seats
French President Emmanuel Macron will ask the new French National Assembly to vote for electoral changes which would see more than half the current members of his own party out … Continue reading
Next UK electoral boundaries will leave ‘youth surge’ out
By late 2018 Britain is set to have new constituency boundaries for future House of Commons elections. But they will be based on December 2015 voter registration numbers, leaving out … Continue reading
UK Election 2017 – Tactical voting costs British voters choice – but will it work?
It’s not a real choice when you’re forced to change your mind. Some media observers of tomorrow’s UK elections are estimating that as many as a third of British voters … Continue reading
UK Election 2017 – Far from equal: most British have little say over government
There is no genuine equality of the influence of the vote of each British person in national elections. Endemic to all single-member-division electoral systems is a striking degree of influence … Continue reading
Canadian government confirms breach of commitment on electoral reform
A debate in the Canadian Parliament today confirmed that the governing Liberal Party has reneged on an election commitment for electoral reform. The Canadian Liberal Party and its leader, Justin … Continue reading
British Columbia results confirmed: delicate minority government to follow
This month’s provincial election in British Columbia has been wrapped up after two weeks of counting postal ballots. There are no changes to the May 9 election night results, which … Continue reading
Maine preferential voting reform back to square one
A judicial interpretation of mid-19th century terminology has trashed the desire of the citizens of the US state of Maine to start electing their politicians by preferential voting. In November … Continue reading
Cliffhanger vote in British Columbia
British Columbia is witnessing one its closest ever elections, and the first-past-the-post voting system has for once failed to yield an election result on the night. The Canadian west coast … Continue reading
So … Who did put Family First?
Political conservative Bob Day resigned from the Australian Senate late in 2016, but the intriguing history of his encounters with the electoral system have left a legacy of voting system issues … Continue reading
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