Sentences with phrase «alternative electoral systems»

It is however, a good place to point out the fact that there are alternative electoral systems that are both fairer, and familiar to voters.

She cites Yaakov and Jonathan E. Roth to suggest that alternative electoral system would not be permitted under the wording of s. 40 of the Constitution Act.

Not exact matches

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

They claim boundary changes was introduced as a quid pro quo for the May 2011 referendum on electoral reform, in which the public rejected the alternative vote system by a ratio of two votes to one.

Scholars of democracy and authoritarianism have already found that unpopular autocrats can remain in power if there is no real alternative and they have rigged the political and electoral system in their favor.

There are certainly several examples in Britain where people have rejected change, the most prominent examples include the referendums on Scottish Independence, the Alternative Vote electoral system, and, in 1975, the UK's membership of the European Community.

In the case of electoral reform, they were humiliated at the ballot box, as the alternative vote system was rejected by 67.9 % to 32.1 %.

The Liberal Democrats lost the referendum on the alternative vote electoral system and proposals for House of Lords reform were defeated in the House of Commons.

The alternative vote (AV) electoral system would be used, where voters rank the candidates in order.

Two options — Alternative Vote Plus (AVP) or the Additional Member System (AMS)-- have the potential to break the current electoral deadlock, albeit in a rather incremental manner.

A simple PR alternative designed to replace the «First past the post» (FPTP) electoral system in the UK.

The resounding «No» to the referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote system arguably killed the electoral reform agenda in Britain for at least a generation.

These were just some of the public responses to the great MPs» expenses scandal, but strangely, changing the electoral system to bring in the alternative vote was not high up the list.

As for voters, they should reflect that such shady, unsavoury deals constructed on half - truths and exaggerations, struck far away from the public gaze, are part and parcel of coalition politics - and would be entrenched for ever in Westminster if we adopt an electoral system such as the alternative vote.

We now know the date for the referendum when the British public get the opportunity to decide whether we change from our traditional first - past - the - post (FPTP) electoral system to the Alternative Vote (AV).

On electoral reform, the two frontbenches have long been ready to compromise on the alternative vote system, rather than full proportional representation.

The first is that the alternative vote is a constitutional magic bullet that will make our electoral system inherently fair.

Except that the alternative vote embeds hung parliaments into the electoral system.

In the IPPR's own words, it gave participants «the chance to take part in a mock AV ballot, using their alternative preferences» and then «asked people a number of detailed questions about their understanding of electoral systems and their concerns about the strengths and weaknesses of these systems».

But the Tories had not offered a guarantee of a referendum on introducing the alternative vote electoral system, in which voters rank candidates on preference rather than place a cross against one candidate alone.

With further seat reductions possible if further member states join the European Union, there may be a need to consider whether the rules shaping the redrawing of European election boundaries needs to be revised (to possibly allow for larger constituencies — even a national constituency) or to also consider whether there may be scope for using an alternative set of electoral rules (e.g. a List system) in the specific case of European elections, especially if the option of having one single constituency for the entire State was to be pursued at a later date.

The commission was set up in December 1997 by the Labour government with the support of the Liberal Democrats, to investigate alternatives to the single member plurality (or «first past the post») electoral system used for British general elections.

35 days: introduce new laws to allow a referendum to be held on electoral reform — the alternative vote - plus system proposed by the late Lord Jenkins — that would be held on day 100.

In the 2011 vote (on whether to use the Alternative Vote electoral system) was decided by 67.9 percent of the vote.

Speaking after Mr Cameron had addressed a meeting of Tory MPs, shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: «We will offer to the Liberal Democrats in a coalition government the holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system, so that the people of this country can decide what the best electoral system is for the future.»

Nick Clegg stoked up the Cabinet row over electoral reform by denouncing claims that switching to the alternative vote system would cost # 250m as «complete and utter fiction».