To reformers, including Minnesota, on the Ontario Citizens Assembly, When the British Columbia Citizens Assembly was held, the problem was that few people had...
Re: To reformers, including Minnesota, on the Ontario Citizens Assembly Excellent points all, Richard. Because I'm fairly new to this list, I'm not familiar...
As we all know, the terminology on voting methods has been the source of much confusion and difficult decision making. To clarify, the Minneapolis city charter...
At the Ontario Citizens Assembly we hear about how lists and mixed systems dominate the political world, but we dont hear about how much STV is used for ...
I don't know if many of you on this list heard that Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week proposed using STV to elect the Canadian Senate. Here's one...
As a minor point, replying to another post to start your conversation causes annoyance among those of us who use e-mail clients which support conversations....
No one-size-fits-all say Ontario CA experts The Democratic Renewal Secretariat issued a backgrounder, of October 24, 2006, on The Electoral System Referendum...
Get those submissions in! I dont know if they have any rules on submissions outside of canada. There are some from outside. You got 2 pdf files to download...
... Voting ... The letter is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/opinion/story/0,,1486642,00.html "Voting matters" is not a campaigning publication - it is a ...
I know it offends some people because it includes a little mmp and would change election tactics significantly BUT it combines stv and mmp and might attract...
I was a few days late on my Ontario Citizens' Assembly comment, but I did plug http://bc.demochoice.org and http://www.demochoice.ca and hope to have a chance...
I have no coding skills but I did put in a proposal to the ontario CA. It is STV with the wasted votes counted by party preference. Wasted votes are all that...
For the cheering fans of Courageous MTV (see message #1300), I'd like to discuss a few more benefits: 1. Suppose you just finished hand counting your election...
Ontario CA lessons for future assemblies. Following the Ontario CA's 80% vote for MMP on feb 18, scarcely over a week after the bulk of the submissions (about...
Hi all, I've been following some of the discussions of the Ontario CA, and a number of people, particularly BCCA member Craig Henschel, have made a strong...
http://election.polarbears.com/online/da2002.htm should have ample info from ireland. I think there is a myth about women in politics. I suspect that many...
... a ... made a ... MMP, the ... the ... for an ... confirms ... they're ... With MMP the system can be controlled (manipulated) by the parties if that is...
Thanks James and Brian for these comments. My own reading of the gender representation issue is that nomination has far more to do with women's electoral...
The first item will give you the current details on women MPs in Australia. Chapter 4 is on Representation. On page 62 there is a table (Table 4.4) that gives...
... The tables in the attached one-page PDF file give some relevant results from the 2003 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. These data must, however,...
Hi James, Thanks for this - it's exactly the sort of information I was looking for. There appear to be a couple of errors in this summary - 18/108 is 17%, not...
Re recent posts about women's representation with STV. Wendy Bergerud, a former BC CA member submitted to Ontario CA a detailed study of the effect of voting...
Thanks Richard. I looked at your paper and saw where you stated that the BNHS produces proportionality - do you have the figures available to quantitatively...
... is ... that ... Those weren't the only mistakes!! A corrected version is attached and has been uploaded to Files for those who don't receive e-mails....
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