Sentences with phrase «electoral systems in»

The many democratic electoral systems in use around the world attempt to strike a balance between mathematical fairness and political considerations such as accountability and the need for strong, stable government.

He described the recent nullification of Kenya's presidential election by the country's Supreme Court as a lesson and useful experience for strengthening evolving electoral systems in Africa, especially with the introduction of technology.

It doesn't take more than basic general knowledge about politics and electoral systems in other countries to know that this is just utterly wrong.

Here, the team summarise these previews, while providing additional information about the electoral systems in use for the contest, and a set of simplified ballot papers which show each candidates actual chances of being -LSB-...]

When she launched the review earlier this week, the Welsh Secretary dismissed calls for decision - making power over electoral systems in Wales to be devolved.

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

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.

And no doubt, regardless of what may have happened in the last elections, he's done a lot to restore stability in the electoral system in our country.

Scholars of democracy and authoritarianism have already found that unpopular autocrats can remain in power if there is no real alternative and they have rigged the political and electoral system in their favor.

Why / How the Tories will NOT REFORM electoral system in Britain http://is.gd/bVj7A & http://is.gd/bVj8j #ge2010 #imvotingconservative

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

John Curtice has shown how the SNP managed to maximise both parts of the electoral system in 2011 to effectively negate the «top up» aspect of the additional member system used for Holyrood.

The SNP are expected to retain the majority they won in 2011 contrary to expectations and the electoral system in use.

When the UK was given the opportunity to adopt a proportional representation electoral system in the 2011, it was notable only for the lack of enthusiasm from voters.

A simple PR alternative designed to replace the «First past the post» (FPTP) electoral system in the UK.

«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.

It said it had found a dysfunctional political and electoral system in New York, and that the best way to change that would be to enact public campaign financing without delay.

«We need to know how someone like Ashcroft has operated in the dark for so long, manipulating the electoral system in order to gain advantage for one party.»

And he accused Mr Brown of trying to «fix» the electoral system in his party's favour by scrapping the current first - past - the - post system, which allowed voters to get rid of «weak, divided and incompetent governments and that is what we should be doing now».

STV is already the electoral system in Northern Ireland, both for Stormont and in European and local elections.

The electoral system in this country makes the main difference between us and the USA, they vote for their leader we only get to choose the party they come from and have no control over who sits at the top.

While citizens supported the adoption of a mixed member proportional electoral system in New Zealand in 1993, electoral reform to introduce an aspect of proportionality has failed in three Canadian provinces in the last decade.

He argues for an electoral system in which every vote carries equal weight.

The Italian court has been crucial in allowing referendums in the 1990s (indirect impact) and scrapped the majority bonus of the then electoral system in 2013 (direct impact).

In 1976, the Hansard Society recommended that a mixed electoral system in a form different from the German be used for UK parliamentary elections, but instead of using closed party lists, it proposed that seats be filled by the «best runner - up» basis used by the German state of Baden - Wurttemberg, where the compensatory seats are filled by the party's defeated candidates who were the «best near - winner» in each of the state's four regions.

Not exact matches

«We are at a point where [Trump] has a real shot at the presidency, despite having blown up a political party, undermined confidence in our electoral system, declared open season on journalists, and unleashed a river of racism and misogyny.

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.»

Nor has Occupy made any noticeable moves in the realm of electoral politics; and however cynical you want to be about that system, it is still a crucial part of getting things done.

That those beliefs are difficult to impose in the present stage of European integration notwithstanding, Europe has long been wary of nationalist parties, and many countries have implemented electoral systems that deliberately marginalize those groups.

«Of course, it's undeniable that in our electoral system, candidates need access to wealth to run financially viable campaigns, and the most successful fundraisers are politicians who swim in those circles to begin with.»

The different level of popular support that these parties have in each country, and the particular characteristics of each electoral system, makes it difficult to predict whether nationalist parties will become more prominent fixtures in European politics as the economic crisis plays out.

So after the pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong's Legislative Council (Legco) voted down Beijing's proposal to replace the former British colony's undemocratic electoral system with another equally undemocratic version, the only thing we should expect is that this is not the end of the story.

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.

If a campaign could persuade thousands of voters in those 50 ridings to vote strategically, countering the perverse nature of our electoral system, it could determine the outcome of the election.

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.

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 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.

The Liberal government has committed to moving beyond our firstpast - the - post (FPTP) electoral system and replacing it with something better suited to democracy in the 21st century.

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.

Find articles on current and past elections in Canada, as well as on the nature and issues of Canada's electoral and political party systems.

Their variables measure how open and competitive the electoral system is and how controlled the executive is in its use of power — not the perfect measure of Hallow's idea, but the best that we have.

The Liberal government has committed to moving beyond our first - past - the - post (FPTP) electoral system and replacing it with something better suited to democracy in the 21st century.

St Thomas Aquinas recognised that all citizens should have some share and say in government, whether the system be a monarchy, aristocracy or some variety of electoral democracy (ST. I - II Q. 105 art.

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

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.

In terms of the electoral system, we eschew First Past The Post in favour of Instant Runoff (usually called Preferential VotingIn terms of the electoral system, we eschew First Past The Post in favour of Instant Runoff (usually called Preferential Votingin favour of Instant Runoff (usually called Preferential Voting).

Duverger's law states that in a first past the post electoral system, the system will end up with a two party system.

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

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).

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.).