Sentences with phrase «electoral system some people»

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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.

People who express unquestioning confidence in the U.S. democratic system place great faith in the U.S. electoral process and the «free press.»

Ask most people whether our current electoral system is fair and they will tell you no.

The British electoral system values clarity: few people dissent from the line that it is better to have a government that can pass legislation and take decisions when it needs to than to be stuck with one that stumbles on hand - to - mouth from vote to vote.

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.

Trump formed the Election Integrity Commission in May through executive order to study «vulnerabilities» in the American electoral system after he made unfounded claims that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally in the 2016 election, costing him the popular vote.

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.

«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.»

The NPP, according to Nana Akufo - Addo, was asking for a new voters» register because «it will strengthen the credibility of the electoral system and therefore make the outcome of any electoral outcome easy for people to accept.

Such figures are only estimates because there's no guarantee that people would vote the same way under a different electoral system.

And, he added, our current electoral system is really about choosing a government, not representatives of the people.

People think, «why bother,» said Griffin, the co-author of «Washington & Napoleon: Leadership in the Age of Revolution,» who said that kind of disengagement was also what permitted an ultimately despotic figure like Napoleon to emerge from a plebiscitary democracy rather than the electoral system that produced Washington.

Let's take just one example to illustrate how our outdated electoral system can not cope with the reality of multi party politics: Simon Wright was elected as the MP for Norwich South with just 29 % of the vote despite the fact that twice as many people voted against him than in favour.

«There are many things a good electoral system should do, but the most fundamental is ensuring that how people have voted is broadly reflected in the make - up of Parliament... We use an electoral system designed for there being just two political parties, when in reality we have a multi-party system.»

In other words, the people already under - represented among voters for many reasons, including the lack of an automatic electoral registration system.

The people of New York deserve an electoral system and government that they can trust.»

In a speech setting out how Labour would move on from an election defeat that remained «very raw», Ms Harman stressed that the influence of the unions over the decision on leadership had been altered by the move to a «one person, one vote» electoral system.

Note: It is not possible to predict how people will vote when a new electoral system is introduced, so that the above projections are simply to illustrate the principle, and are unlikely to be an accurate guide to what will actually happen.

Re-elected Green Party MP Caroline Lucas agreed, saying «The political system in this country is broken -LSB-...] It's ever clearer tonight that the time for electoral reform is long overdue, and it's only proportional representation that will deliver a Parliament that is truly legitimate and better reflects the people it is meant to represent.»

«While our «first past the post» electoral system remains and distorts our politics» Compass should build an alliance of all progressive parties to reform both Westminster and the electorial system that denies the British people their democratic rights.

The former commissioner stressed that the reform of the electoral system was very import as the people's votes would count, leading to the emergence of truly elected leaders.

As New Zealanders head to the polls this week, there are lessons for Canada in the country's electoral system — in particular how it gives Indigenous people a greater role in governing.

However, there is an obvious gap in the White Paper as it stands - the very reason why a majority of people think their views are not represented, and one of the barriers to greater diversity of candidates for local elections: our First - Past - the - Post electoral system.

This time — with the important caveat set out below — the more people who vote Liberal Democrat on 6 May, the greater the chance that this will be Britain's last general election under a first - past - the - post electoral system which is wholly unsuited to the political needs of a grown - up 21st - century democracy.

After the campaign that the Liberal Democrats have waged over this past month, for which considerable personal credit goes to Nick Clegg, the election presents the British people with a huge opportunity: the reform of the electoral system itself.

The problem is with the list system — which distorts the electoral process which should be about people selecting their MPs — not «voters» abdicating their choice to a particular party.

The old three - way electoral college was replaced with a new «one - person - one - vote» system in which leadership candidates are elected not just by party members, but also by registered and affiliated supporters.

«AV is a little short of proportional representation» Interviewed on Channel 4 News, Nick Clegg told Jon Snow the government was bringing two things together: giving people a say on whether they want a different electoral system, and secondly, making sure that your vote is worth the same value, wherever you live.

There was also a question on PR — 56 % of people said they supported a more proportional electoral system, 38 % were opposed.

YouGov also asked how people would vote in a re-run between Boris and Ken — 49 % would vote Boris, 33 % Ken (respondents were not offered the chance of voting for other candidates, so this was not a genuine voting intention polls by any means, but since the London electoral system does redistribute votes between the top two candidates it offers a rough guide).

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».

For a few heady weeks this summer change seemed at least dimly possible, as people raged about reform of the electoral system, of the whip's office, an elected second chamber...

The electoral system is supposedly built on the principle of «one person one 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.»

But the problem is a consequence of the electoral system itself, which repeatedly brings to power people unfit to use it.

These are qualities of mind and character that make American markets and electoral systems work reasonably well, chiefly because they make Americans, at their best, reflective, law - abiding, mutually respectful people.

Later, following the death of the second King Charles and the «Glorious Revolution» of 1688, Parliamentary supremacy was entrenched in the Bill of Rights, but without an electoral system capable of producing a Parliament representative of the people as a whole.

This includes enhanced access to government information, restoring relevance to Question Period, electoral reform, and an end to the «first past the post» voting system, the unmuzzling of government scientists, return of the long form census, an equal number of men and women in Cabinet, and the formation of a Youth Advisory Counsel so that young people can provide advice to the PM on issues that concern them.

In the review of ATSIC boundaries and electoral systems, TSIAB noted the low level of representation of Torres Strait Islander people on ATSIC Regional Councils and the lack of Torres Strait Islander perspectives in the development and delivery of programs, policies and services.