Sentences with phrase «electoral systems by»

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

Who shamelessly tried to abuse the electoral system by encouraging voters to support someone other than their preferred candidate?

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

A skeptical New York Times says Cuomo will deserve credit if he makes the state a leader in attacking so - called dark money allowed to flood the electoral system by the Citizens United decision.

Not exact matches

The report noted that the spending by public entities to help Najib's United Malays National Organization stay in power was not illegal but «represented a new milestone in Malaysia's freewheeling electoral system.»

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

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.

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.

we now have an electoral system powered almost purely by the dollar.

That does not mean - and this has to be clear - a supposed simplification of the electoral system, by abolishing the proportional system in favour of majority mechanisms.

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.

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

Since the current electoral system is the same to all candidates, and all candidates agreed to these electoral rules, it is better to talk about the «particularities» of the system and how these affect candidates; in fact all of the candidates try to use those rules to their advantage (by courting swing states, etc.).

By the time he goes to the country again he needs House of Lords reform set in stone and civil liberties reinstalled, with AV acting as the electoral system used to judge his achievements.

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.

Multiple chambers elected by different electoral systems at different times in the electoral cycle would provide such safeguards, as I have outlined before.

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.

Does anyone think we would be reforming electoral system an outcome desired by no - one, if New labour had won.

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.

One of the strongest incentives party leaders can offer in a closed list PR electoral system is a high place on the party list (and a corresponding better chance of re-election) and conversely leaders can punish rebellious MPs by moving them down or off the list.

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.

And the polarisation and swings we see under the Commons» electoral system mean any gains Labour make are often swiftly undone by the next right - wing government.

It is all well and good pretending that it is because electoral reform is a left wing cause by nature — but that is simply untrue when you look at proponents around the world — and when you look at the BNP and UKIP (Both in favour of a shift to a proportional system)

In the case of electoral reform, they were humiliated at the ballot box, as the alternative vote system was rejected by 67.9 % to 32.1 %.

This has been shown in many countries, Italy being the most recent and obvious example with their horribly fractured system induced by the only electoral system I think is worse than FPTP changing because Berlusconi created a new system, primarily to benefit himself.

(In fact, most new electoral systems are not introduced by referendum.

The shame of it is that Hughes, Cable et al don't seem to be in any position to alleviate the worst effects of Tory idiocy, altho even then you could argue they are doing their best with the bad hand dealt to them by a combination of the clueless British electorate and a deeply flawed electoral system.

The delegation, led by the Electoral Commissioner of DR Congo, Nangaa Yobeluo Corneille, sought to acquire from Ghana how activities of various institutions and systems including Ghana's faith - based organisations, the National Peace Council and Political Parties impact on the electoral process of Ghana.

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).

The decision by the Labour leadership to run an electoral college for the mayoral nomination rather than the one member, one vote (OMOV) system originally planned, meant that Ken was ultimately narrowly beaten to the Labour nomination by Frank Dobson.

Equally, while the electoral system means voters can give their 1st vote to a minor party without missing out on the Ken v Boris race, that doesn't mean they realise they can and minor parties may be being squeezed by the closeness of the race.

He also launched a sustained attack on the Tories, claiming that the Government is «gerrymandering the electoral system» by pursuing boundary reforms and reducing the number of parliamentary seats.

What do we mean by democracy, what place do political parties have, and what is the purpose of an electoral system?

In 2011, Wales votes to confer legislative powers upon said assembly elected by said electoral system.

«Certainly the Russians tried very hard to undermine our electoral system in many ways, and they will be that much more sophisticated by the next election,» she said.

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.

Although the Irish electoral system is classified as a proportional electoral system, the proportion of seats won by parties will not measure up exactly to their actual share of the first preference votes, mainly because geography has a very significant impact here.

Whilst that electoral system is far from ideal, Independent candidates surely should be by definition exactly that - independent individuals each fighting on their own ticket.

Also, the organization works to professionalize the system by helping ECOWAS carry out various actions to improve electoral governance in the region through programs targeted at strengthening the legal and institutional framework for organizing elections.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed, at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's legislative caucus to fill a leadership vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.

This is mostly determined by the first - past - the - post electoral system.

On May 17, 2005, British Columbians were asked to answer yes or no the following question: «Should British Columbia change to the BC - STV electoral system as recommended by the Citizens» Assembly on Electoral Reform?»

Decisions about the rules of the political game — including the geographic delineation of electoral districts, rules about campaign financing, and voting systems such as plurality election and proportional representation — are frequently made by legislative bodies.

«We should increase trust by closing the LLC loophole and open up the electoral process with public financing, but not our current public financing system that has public financing but private loopholes,» Cuomo said during his State of the State address.

Note that federal constitution has systems for preventing popular states from dominating congress or the white house by the great compromise or electoral voting system.

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.