Sentences with phrase «current voting systems»

Some are already testing blockchain as a way to replace current voting systems.

This shows that the current voting system is not only inaccurate but is nothing more than a popularity contest.

The current voting system can be judged by the fact that its supporters include the BNP and the Communist party, Nick Clegg has said.

PM is right to worry about the decline of local newspapers - but the current voting system is also damaging democracy

It's 100 days today until 5th May - still (with one eye on the House of Lords) the likely date of the referendum on whether we should ditch our current voting system and replace it with the Alternative Vote.

Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green party, told the Observer that the current voting system meant there was always one guaranteed loser even before voting began.

«Yet New York's current voting system is an affront to the values of democracy on which this state was built.

The scientifically weighted poll found a similarly large majority in favour of changing the current voting system.

The new Government has said it will hold a referendum on whether to replace our current voting system, first past the post, with the Alternative Vote, which allows voters to express more than one preference.

Valve's logic is that Steam Greenlight's current voting system serves as a bottleneck for many high quality games attempting to get on the Steam Store.

In B.C., we await the result of a provincial government mandated citizen's forum on electoral reform, which is expected to recommend a change from the current voting system.

Not exact matches

The news of Greek finance minister Varoufakis» resignation is being perceived as an incremental positive for negotiations, but we think the «No» vote in Greece over the first weekend in July, the precarious position of the Greek banking system, and eurozone policymaker distrust of the current Greek government have clearly raised the chances of a Greek eurozone exit.

A communication era ended in the U.S. Catholic Church when American bishops voted to close down the church's satellite system and to begin a strategic planning effort to discern current telecommunications needs.

If you are 55 or under and hope to enjoy some of those benefits you have been paying into from your paychecks for the last 30 years, of which the Government has borrowed 5 trillion dollars for other spending such as defense and tax breaks for the rich, which is why the current social security system is in jeopardy, then you will be voting for Obama.

As a result, current retirees vote to maintain the right to receive benefits exceeding what they paid in, and beyond what the system can sustain.

The difference from the current system would be that at the local level voting would be based on some personal acquaintance.

In short, we shouldn't worry too much about whether or not a voting system is perfect; picking one that's pretty good would be a vast improvement over the current situation in most elections

Under the current system, such candidates don't even make it to the general election, even though a majority who will vote in the election would prefer them to one or the other candidate.

Brand had argued that voting in general elections is a sign of tacit consent to the current system, which failed to represent the interests of the public.

But as things stand, David Cameron looks unlikely to increase his share of the vote to the extent demanded by the current system.

This especially struck me as a great example of how broken our current political system is - in SO elections some candidates were younger than 15 years and yet I voted for them because of quality presentation and ability to see their history of votes / answers.

The right - wing media is constantly trying to depict the current system as favouring Labour because the electoral arithmetic implies that the Tories need about 4 % more votes to gain a parliamentary majority than does Labour.

If you start them from when the selection is announced, then it gives a massive advantage to insiders (who will have been able to use the previous months or even years before the selection is announced to sign people up, campaign with unlimited resources etc.) As for the current system - you don't need 50 votes to bag a safe seat.

So you could argue that the current system is actually biased against Labour, and therefore PR will actually disadvantage Labour even more unless rates of voter registration are improved and compulsory voting introduced.

What is forgotten is that trade unions voted for this change because the current system gives parliamentarians, not trade unions, a stranglehold on the vote.

He wrote that the voting system for single - market rules was unchanged by Britain's veto on fiscal integration plans - and that current proposals including restrictive solvency rules for institutional investors threatened the UK economy.

«New York has long been a bastion of democracy, but our state's current system of registration and voting is an affront to that legacy.

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.

The government on Wednesday set out areas of agreement between it and the joint committee: a mainly elected chamber, elected members voted on a system of single transferable vote, staggered elections with one third coming up for renewal at a time, peers to serve 15 - year terms, current peers to leave in stages, a reduced number of peers, and powers to expel peers.

«I strongly urge people to look at the two voting systems in this contest and they'll see that our current system is simple, fair and decisive; whereas AV is an expensive and complicated political fudge.»

«The Governor is voting no on a constitutional convention because the current delegate system does not offer enough protections to prevent the status quo and special interests from governing,» said spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer.

The information request is «what % of voters say they voted tactically in 2010», which is a question about voting behaviour under the current system.

The referendum is May 5th and the question is «Do you want the United Kingdom to adopt the «alternative vote» system instead of the current «first past the post» system for electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons?».

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Welsh Liberal Democrats have long argued for a fully proportionate system of voting but given the current political situation we believe that any step to make our National Assembly more democratic and accountable is welcome.

The first, the Ulster County Legislature's Energy and Environment Committee will meet on Thursday, May 3rd at 5:30 pm (at UCRRA located at 999 Flatbush Road in Kingston, NY) and, more importantly in order for your voice to be heard, a public hearing is set for May 23rd (VIEW our facebook event) with a potential vote to follow that would establish both new policy and a higher fee for our current commingled system imposed upon Kingston.

On voting reform, some 34 % (41 %) said they favoured PR over the current first - past - the - post system for Westminster, with the Alternative Vote system coming top of the second preferences at 37 % (41 %).

AV was comprehensively rejected by the electorate, with a vote of almost two to one in favour of maintaining the current first past the post system.

His public statements are to just let the healthcare industry implode, but as a President that is not a politically viable option so «deal making» maybe will still have a chance to happen, if and when improvements to the current system can be identified, proposed and debated, but the Big Deal ™ is that Obamacare survives (for now) during a time of Republican control after years of not only talking about repealing it from the ground up but actually voting to do it when it didn't really matter.

This system has been recently confirmed, as there was recently a vote where 76.3 % of voters wanted to keep the current system, and did not want to elect the government themselves.

«We now have the chance to vote for a change from the current system under which only 1.6 % of the electorate decide the outcome of general elections.»

In Gallup polls since 1944, only about 20 % of the public has supported the current system of awarding all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in each separate state (with about 70 % opposed and about 10 % undecided).

Under the current system, many MPs are elected on a minority of the overall vote in their constituency.

Under the current system, sometimes called «first past the post» or «winner takes all», the successful candidate is the one with the most votes, with no requirement for them to gain an absolute majority.

«A new system like the Alternative Vote will improve the incentives to vote and remove many of the barriers inherent in the current system,» he argVote will improve the incentives to vote and remove many of the barriers inherent in the current system,» he argvote and remove many of the barriers inherent in the current system,» he argued.

What was discovered is that as things stand now, under the current closed list PR system used for European elections in the UK, Labour will win with 30 per cent of the vote, UKIP will come second with 25 per cent, the Conservatives will gain 23 per cent, the Greens 12, and the Liberal Democrats 10 (note the Liberal Democrats in fifth).

«I think this referendum is very important because this country had a lot of problems with the current system,» 27 - year - old Ozcan Ayata told CNN in Ankara Sunday after voting at a local school in the Sogutozu district.

A map of Britain illustrating second - place voting patterns reveals purple splashed across middle England, suggesting that if the current system were replaced with the alternative vote (AV), where voters rank the candidates in order of preference, Ukip would fare considerably better.

Our current First Past the Post voting system is failing us.

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