Sentences with phrase «election system point»

Critics of the state's election system point to restrictions on party enrollment and the lack of early voting as some causes of New York's chronically low voter turnout.

Not exact matches

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

The reference to elections is an interesting point, I do believe this is in reference to blockchain based voting systems, perhaps this is a subtle reference to the recent scandal with regards to Russian intervention within the Donald Trump campaign etc, who knows?

There is no point having PR for both the Commons and Lords — every voting system has some flaw or other, so it's better to have different means of election to both chambers if both are elected, with the purpose of each correcting the other's flaws.

However, it is worth recalling the honest intentions behind the sixth point as we ponder declining election turnouts, the diminishing base of unpaid party activists, and the distance that remains between the Westminster parliamentary system and those to whom elected representatives are ultimately accountable.

Recent stark examples of the absurdity in a «winner - takes - all» system occurred in Florida and New Mexico during the 2000 presidential election when candidate George W. Bush won both states by a fraction of a percentage point, but gained the total number of each state's electoral votes.

Another point that many fail to acknowledge is that the projections for the election result that a future AV system might deliver assume that the constituency boundaries would remain the same as now.

Friends of Dugdale have since pointed out that Rowley, when seeking election as the Scottish Party's deputy leader last year, promised that if he won he would not accept a protected place at the top of one of the lists from which a 56 of Holyrood's 129 MSPs are elected under a system of proportional representation only to go back on his word as soon as he won that particular race.

Point out that the Church and the State are separate for a very good reason so, likewise, amendments to the election system should not be influenced by politicians and media owners.

«What I'm saying here is pointing at a very, very irrational possible outcome of our potty electoral system, which is that a party that has spectacularly lost the election because fewer people are voting for it than any other party, could nonetheless according to constitutional tradition and convention still lay claim to providing the prime minister of the country.»

What would be the point of doubling seats (to 100 MPs) in two elections if not to take a deal as similar to this one as possible from one of the major parties, and to change the political system.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

Male donors are also increasing their participation in the campaign finance system by some 60 percent this election cycle, with nearly 1 million men so far making a political contribution in a congressional race, compared with about 615,000 at this point in the 2016 cycle, according to the center's data.

«Throughout the history of the presidential public finance system, the program has operated admirably to the point of fairly equalizing campaign expenditures between the major party candidates, and providing primary candidates with the resources to be able to run campaigns,» said Holman «It made elections very competitive, quite open and fairly scandal - free.»

Sunder, I take your point about Mr Smith - except isn't just a reflection of the US system as it stood and stands that when an elected senator stands down in mid term or even two days after election, the US system gives the electorate an unelected official for the rest of that term.

This would create a points based immigration system and end the automatic right of all EU citizens to enter Britain by the next election.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

As Douglas W. Rae points out in the standard reference work The Political Consequences of Electoral Laws, majoritarian electoral systems are extremely rare for multi-seat legislatures, only being well established in Australia, and for second round voting in some French elections.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Point to lackluster voter turnout in this week's Buffalo Mayoral Primary Election as an example, New York State Assemblyman Sean Ryan called on the New York State Senate to pass legislation to create an early voting system in New York State.

They know they will lose a leadership election if they say openly what they did before Corbyn was elected, that Labour should be tougher on benefits than the Tories, or that we need an Australian - style points system for migrants, or that # 9,000 tuition fees are here to say.

The Labour leadership election has been a case - in - point: the commonest piece of abuse thrown at Liz Kendall for daring to suggest, for instance, we should not be knee - jerk hostile to parents who want to improve the outcome of the state education system by setting up challenger schools, is that she is a Tory.

The idea of ending these partisan primary elections was at one point in 2014 part of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor's plan to change the state's judicial election system, but was eventually dropped.

McMurtry is one of the loudest opponents of political accountability for judges, calling the U.S. system «shocking,» pointing to the political fundraising necessary for elections, and to the influence of interest groups.