Sentences with phrase «electoral system for»

I believe this result settles the debate over changing our electoral system for another generation.»

Wales has the opportunity to be bold and create an electoral system for local elections that makes local government more accountable, improves political engagement and is fair to everyone in Wales.

The campaign has shown that the mainstream of the Labour Party does not want to change the electoral system for Westminster.

Given the unpopularity of PP and PSOE, the fact that EP elections are often considered of «second - order» and the specificities of the electoral system for European elections in Spain (proportional representation in a large national electoral district of 54 seats with no electoral threshold), one would expect that this election will threaten the stability of the two - party system (or «bipartidismo», as it is called in Spain) that has dominated Spanish politics during the recent democratic era.

(While Jenkins is excellent as analysis, the weakness of Jenkins» own AV + scheme as advocacy was to try to do everything in one place - the electoral system for the Commons - whereas the debate is a different one if we can have a more pluralist constitution with many more checks and balances).

The 45 % Yes vote is sufficient in a first - past - the post electoral system for the SNP to dominate, whilst the «No» vote is split between all the unionist parties.

The reason for this is that we are using a two - party electoral system for a multi-party election.

«It would not only be wrong, it would be an outrage to try to secure a change to the electoral system for tactical party advantage,» he added.

Labour's top candidate for Scotland is David Martin, who has been an MEP since 1984, when he represented Lothians (prior to the introduction of the reformed electoral system for European elections in 1999).

Part of the reason for increasing bias in the electoral system for the Republican is their greater success in the redistricting process before the 2012 election.

To address why Wandsworth is described as a key target, it's necessary to summarise the electoral system for UK national elections, as well as local elections in England and Wales.

Not exact matches

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This yielded electoral systems that seek to prevent extremist parties from coming to power, including mechanisms to raise electoral thresholds for parliamentary accession and multiple rounds of voting.

Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

The landmark survey commissioned by the Broadbent Institute is the first study of its kind and size to measure Canadians» attitudes about voting system design and preference for electoral reform.

The Abacus study also asked those who voted in the 2015 Canadian General Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral systems.

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.

«One aspect of this decision today — and it's a good aspect for me — is that it allows me the total commitment to the process... on helping create and form with Canadians a new electoral system,» he said.

This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

The main one is that USA has what's known as «First Past The Post» electoral system (which is an academic way of saying, you can only vote for one candidate and whichever candidate gets most votes, wins).

Within such a context, having the electoral system reward incumbents for fiscal profligacy prevents such societies from fully recovering from war - time legacies.

The United States electoral system provides an incentive for only two parties to exist (see this question).

This, combined with the U.S. electoral system's two - party structure, means that there was both no reason and no way for a third party to gain that kind of traction.

The outcome is likely to illustrate the inability of the electoral system to reflect the desires of the voters or produce a clear electoral outcome (in other words the main argument for FPTP seems to be going out the window).

But since the context has changed, and the system is open for much wider critical interrogation, it is entirely appropriate for Stuart to take a stand for the electoral system he prefers.

Therefore, there was no need for a new labor party (because the Democrats had already picked up that program) and because there was no meaningful way for such a movement to grow (because the U.S. electoral system only supports two large parties).

Under a uniform national swing, fighting seats on the current boundaries in a first - past - the - post electoral system, that would result in a landslide for Theresa May, according to the Electoral Calculus website.

An inkling of the movement for constitutional reform at the practical level of electoral politics may be traced to the Joint Commission on the Constitution set up in 1981 by the Alliance, with the purpose to «examine the policies for reform of the British constitution, in particular of the electoral system... that our parties should present together at the next election for implementation» (Joint Liberal / SDP Alliance Commission on Constitutional Reform 1983: 1).

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.

Because the electoral system makes an overall majority for one party unlikely, the first minister is normally elected by a coalition of parties that have agreed to form the Executive.

Simply put, democratic nations are celebrated for the robust and transparent systems they put in place that inspire the confidence of all in producing credible electoral outcomes that jealously protect the public purse and not how often courts annul elections within the electoral cycle.

I reformed the electoral system by strengthening the electoral body, INEC, making it possible for it to seamlessly conduct the 2011 and 2015 elections.

Observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will monitor the elections, which will return to a mixed electoral system last used in Russia's 2003 federal elections.

Far from putting proportional representation on the agenda, the Tories are now in a position to push through reform of electoral boundaries under the existing first - past - the - post system to make it fairer (i.e. better for them).

The US Presidential election uses an «electoral college» system, where each state gets a certain number of «electors» (votes), and those electors cast the official votes for President.

My preferred option is actually, after we get a change in the electoral system, for a new party to form out of elements of both the Lib Dems and liberal Labour, with some of the Greens as well.

With neither Labour nor the Conservatives likely to be capable of forming a majority government and given the SNP's fragmented unionist opponents north of the border, Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system could allow Nicola Sturgeon's party to exact a high price for support of a government in the Commons.

Without other reforms AV will be no more than a form of palliative care for our electoral system.

It's the search for a Corbynite silver lining in the dark cloud of Theresa May rigging the electoral system further in favour of the Conservatives - axing 50 mainly opposition MPs.

Petra's research looks at the implications of electoral systems and democratic institutions for governmental corruption, democratic survival, cabinet formation and termination, electoral accountability and policy diffusion.

It helps explains why in the UK, where support for a more proportional electoral system has hovered above 60 % for 30 years, 68 % voted in favour of keeping the First Past the Post system.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

With the introduction of a parliamentary system, political parties started to form quickly and this led to a call for electoral reform that saw the introduction of a Party - list proportional representation in 1918.

The table below details the electoral systems used in New Jersey for state legislative and state executive offices as of July 2017.

If the Co-operative Party were to disaffiliate from Labour and run on its own, I'd consider joining it immediately, and would definitely argue for an electoral pact until we reform the electoral system.

And while losers have dominated the state political scene for years, nothing compares to the slate that emerged in the top ranks of our electoral system this year.

Nigel Farage suggests the predicted result will boost support for a change in electoral system because it does not deliver on stable government.

A Con Con is a chance for people to say that regardless of our personal politics, we can all agree that our elected officials should not be sitting in government for their own personal gain, Nor should the electoral system we use to put those people in office be a barrier to entry for those who wish to participate.

In 2006, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) implemented a 9 million dollar contract through USAID to install a computerised electoral rolls system for the Pakistani government.

«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.»