Sentences with phrase «electoral system which»

Ireland just held a General Election using an electoral system which, unlike the UK's, has a proportional element.

Clegg said: «It seems to me to be just another illustration of an electoral system which has really gone well past its sell - by date, which may have made some approximate sense at a time when politics was just a two - party spat... but makes no sense at all in a changed environment where we have now three - party politics in this country.»

Our politics is broken and at its heart is an electoral system which is no longer fit for purpose.

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.

But I do think that an electoral system which necessitates cooperation between parties (which AV does, as do various PR systems) would be one important supporting stimulus to some of the other changes - eg open primaries - which Anthony suggests.

Decisions are not made by Parliament but by «clowns pretending to be ministers» who are just «apologists for the quango state», whilst 7 out of 10 MPs effectively have a «job for life» because of an electoral system which allows the party hierarchy to award to the most supine and obedient of its members with safe seats.

Open preferential voting is a hybrid electoral system which allows voters to either express a rank ordering of individual candidates in the same manner as STV, or to select a list of candidates chosen by a political party, much like a closed list proportional representation system.

And yet we now have, for some elections, electoral systems which at least some of the time mean that a Labour vote is -LSB-...]

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Doing so will significantly diminish the likelihood of electoral fraud, which is a huge issue despite the prevalence of electronic voting systems.

THE exposure of rorts in our electoral systems raises a number of serious issues, not least the continuation of events which serve to undermine our faith in politicians.

Additionally, the election coincided with a provincial referendum on electoral reform, in which the proposed change to a BC - STV system of electing representatives was defeated.

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.

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.

This questioning led to a reaction, which preceded but was later emboldened by the military coup of 1964, and consisted of internal repression, manipulation of the electoral system, and isolation from international Presbyterian networks.

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).

Reformers are bemused by the passion with which MPs argue the case, when there are so many glaring deficiencies in the British electoral system.

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.

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.

CES: A lot of the electoral systems in the US rely on winner - take - all, which sort of directly bars out proportional voting methods.

The fate of the Social Democratic Party — which saw centrist MPs defect from Labour to form an ill - fated moderate rival in 1981 — offers a cautionary tale of what can happen to those who leave the safety of an established major party to go it alone in the British electoral system.

Louisiana utilizes a two - round electoral system in which the names of all eligible candidates are printed on the general election ballot.

Surely the only realistic compromise would be a fully independent review of the electoral system (borrowing from the British Columbia experience), the result of which would automatically go to a referendum?

«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.»

But one subject to which commentators have devoted insufficient attention is Labour's electoral system.

So having wiped out a massive part of the support for electoral reform — Clegg has left those who want reform for more high - minded reasons (which is a small constituent remember, most support the system that suits their narrow party interest) with a mountain to climb to rebuild widespread support.

We have a full - proof electoral system, which is virtually impossible to rig.

In this form, the plurality principle can be problematic and ambiguous given the disproportionality of the UK's first - past - the - post electoral system, as a result of which the party with the largest number of seats may be different from the party which wins most votes.

Blair's project is to dismantle the Labour Party as a party based on the unions, to destroy the elements of democracy which exist within the party and to transform the British political party system, through electoral reform, to make possible a long - term governmental alliance with the Liberal Democrats and, if possible, the Heseltine - Clarke wing of the Tory Party.

Finally, strategically, the two key issues around which Blair will seek to fundamentally re-draw the map of the British political system are entry into the European Single Currency and electoral reform.

The electoral system by which members of parliament are elected shapes how legislators perceive their roles.

First past the post disproportionately discriminates against small parties (except the SNP which actually benefits from the current electoral system).

Sunder: there are two main arguments for and against different electoral systems, both of which have featured in the traditional debate within Labour.

The rhetoric, which President Sarkozy also employed when he was first running four years ago, is partly a result of France's two - part electoral system, which forces candidates to appeal to voters on the extremes of their political wing in the first round before making a pitch for the centre in the second round run - off.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

Britain's current electoral system means voters in marginal seats are the ones which decide the election.

Mr Cable insisted that electoral reform would be back in the picture quickly in the shape of the House of Lords, which would need a new voting system once coalition plans are followed through.

To repeat, that's according to a breakdown of local government results, which of course were conducted under the single transferable vote rather than first past the post electoral system.

Unfortunately, Gordon Brown's miserable announcement on electoral reform (a referendum on the non-proportional AV system, after the next election, which presumably will be canned as soon as the Tories take office) had served to puncture everyone's enthusiasm, and apparently fill the room with a mixture of disappointment and fury.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, the Labour leader said the comparison with the Kinnock era was misleading as the electoral system then was different to the one under which he was elected last year.

Good government groups, many of which were represented at Wednesday's news conference, applauded Schneiderman's proposal to modernize the state electoral system.

This country has got used to yet another of the distortions of the existing electoral system, by which one party or another forms the government on a minority of the vote.

Britain's First Past the Post electoral system is thoroughly out of place for the society in which we now live.

He argues unrest with the expenses scandal means we need electoral reform which will miraculously stop abuses of a squalid expenses system.

He also leaves his party before winning his battle to shift the British electoral system away from first past the post to a proportional representation system which would significantly push up his party's share of Commons seats.

The Rosatellum used an additional member system, which act as a mixed system, with 36 % of seats allocated using a first past the post electoral system and 64 % using a proportional method, with one round of voting.

Whether legislating for a five - year fixed - term parliament, or changing the voting registration system, or redrawing the electoral map, this is a government which has not stopped to think twice before meddling with the rules of the game.

That this House notes the improved security of ballots in Northern Ireland following implementation of the Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 which has also resulted in increased levels of voter registration; further notes the successful prosecutions for electoral fraud in Slough, Peterborough and Birmingham; further notes the 2007 Council of Europe investigation into electoral fraud in the UK and the recent report entitled Purity of Elections in the UK: Causes for Concern, published by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd which highlights how vulnerable the electoral system is to electoral fraud; and calls on the Government to improve electoral security across the rest of the UK.

--RRB- The winner - takes - all - electors in a state system is also a means by which smaller states gain disproportionate representation and it also helps create a mandate for the President by giving the winner a big majority in the electoral college.

Labour «troublemakers», in particular, have outraged Lords ministers with their partisan tactics - including the filibustering of the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill, which came close to derailing the government's plans for next month's electoral reform referendum.

So, this is not perfect, but it seems to have some merits which should be considered closely in future ideas on electoral and voting systems.