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| | 3PT - Electoral College Primer |
 | | Under the Constitution, each state is authorized to choose electors for president and vice president, the number always being the same as the combined number of U.S. senators and representatives allotted to that state. | | | Makeup and operation of the electoral college itself are tightly defined by the Constitution, but the method of choosing electors is left to the states. | | | Because of the aggregation of electoral votes by state, it is possible that a candidate might win the most popular votes but lose in the electoral college voting. |
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| | Electoral Reform Processes |
| | And third, the electoral law allocated 50 percent of the legislative seats to each party regardless of the proportion of the vote won be each party; therefore, voters could have some impact on the choice of candidates or factions, but not on the parties themselves. | | | In response to growing questions about the legitimacy of election outcomes, congress reformed the electoral system in 1996 to prohibit parties from running more than one presidential candidate and institute direct popular election of the president, with a majority runoff if necessary. | | | Taylor, Stephen L. "Electoral Reform and Political Effects in the Post-1991 Colombian Senate." Paper prepared for presentation at the XX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997. |
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| | electoral college reform options |
| | If nobody got a majority of the electoral college, the votes of losing candidates would be transferred to those voters' secondary choices, and the electoral vote would be recomputed. | | | The recent presidential election has re-raised the question of electoral college reform, since the presumptive winner of the electoral college lost the popular vote, like Benjamin Harrison did in 1888. | | | It would mean that the electoral college vote, within the limitations of roundoff error due to having only 538 votes total, would much more accurately reflect the popular mandate coming from the states. |
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| | Canadian Electoral Reform |
| | The recommendation to adopt a new electoral system was put to the voters in a referendum question at the May 2005 provincial election. | | | Since the last federal election in 2000, there has been significant movement towards electoral reform at both the federal and provincial levels. | | | The 2004 election will no doubt spark debates about reforming the electoral system to ensure that representation in Parliament reflects the wishes of voters. |
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| | Electoral votes of the state are allocated to candidates according to the proportion in which the popular vote was cast for slates of electors (if the office is maintained) or for the actual candidates (if office of elector is abolished). | | | The significance of the analogy of presidential electors to congressional delegations frequently is debated. | | | One of the very few areas of agreement in the whole subject of electoral reform is that some kind of provision should be made in the Constitution in case of the death or disability after election day of the victorious candidate for President or Vice President. |
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| | BBC News AMERICAS Pressure mounts for electoral reform |
| | He says the Electoral College caused the candidates to focus on 10 to 15 swing states to the exclusion of the remaining 75%. | | | But Curtis Gans, the director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate, says the election and the Electoral College had the effect of reminding Americans that every vote does count. | | | The unfair nature of the Electoral College is depressing voter turnout. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1072961.stm
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| | ElectionReform.org - Electoral College Reform |
| | The candidate who received the highest number of votes was not elected president due to the votes of the Electoral College. | | | Electoral College Calculator - Calculate the various results of the Electoral College, provided by the official Electoral College. | | | While the Electoral College was originally created as a buffer between the people and the presidency, our system has outgrown the utility of the Electoral College. |
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| | Electoral Reform in Israel |
| | The electoral law practiced in Israel from 1951 to 1992 was one of the purest forms of proportional rule. | | | The diminished electoral size of the big parties, resulting from the change in the electoral law, and the inevitable increase of the power of small and medium-size parties, virtually eliminates the possibility of a stable core in the Knesset's policy space. | | | The new electoral law eliminated the incentive to vote for the biggest party in the block. |
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http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/es/esy_il
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| | The Electoral College - Reform Options |
| | Reform Options for the Electoral College and the Election of the US President (also, be sure to visit our page of frequently asked questions about reform): | | | If the electoral votes for each state were proportioned exactly (which would necessitate fractional electoral votes and/or electors), this system would directly imitate the popular vote. | | | Although federally binding electors would prevent future faithless electors, and electors like Richie Robb, enshrining the winner-take-all allocation into the Constitution would only confirm the unrepresentative nature of the Electoral College system. |
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http://www.fairvote.org/e_college/reform.htm
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| | During the 2000 presidental election, it became painfully obvious that the United States needs to reform its procedure for choosing a president, the electoral college. | | | The Fake Is The New Real Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size - 281,421,906 divided by 50 is 5,616,997. | | | The slow evolution of the electoral college from a restrictive, elitist system is not yet complete. |
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http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/reform.html
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| | Approval Voting: Rational, Constitutional Electoral Reform |
| | The Electoral College was intended to protect federalism and minority interests by increasing the voting power of small states. | | | There is no impediment other than political inertia to individual state legislatures adopting approval voting for appointment of electors and, indeed, for all federal and state offices. | | | Predictably, there were immediate calls to eliminate the Electoral College in favor of direct popular election of the President. |
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| | Malta: Electoral Reform |
| | The principle aim of the reform of the proposed Electoral Law, however, is to regulate once and for all the problem of proportionality between votes and seats in Parliament. | | | This chapter establishes the number of electoral clivisions and that the election will be helri according to the single transferable vote system. | | | This is especially so with respect to the method of counting of votes and to the legal guarantees against electoral fraud, which though practically non existent in the law, have been developed in practice. |
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| | FairVote - Home |
| | On the heels of the failure of redistricting reform in California, Republican and Democratic lawmakers are citing the critical need for broad reforms, such as proportional voting, to overhaul the state's broken electoral system. | | | The 45 remaining seats are awarded to smaller parties that did not win seats in any given province but nevertheless won a significant numbers of votes nationally. | | | The citizens would then make recommendations for change over the course of the year, and the recommendations would either be adopted legislatively or submitted as a ballot initiative to face California voters. |
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| | Lok Satta |
| | Sharing of electoral reform agenda, and the experience of citizens' initiatives for fair elections (Election Watch) and good governance(People's Watch) with the best known activists and thinkers in major States. | | | Most electoral reforms can be achieved by simple change of law or rules. | | | Promotion of Election Watch movement in States due to go to polls: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab. |
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| | Prospects for Electoral Reform in Canada |
| | A mass party committed to Quebec independence, the PQ could not ignore the injustice inherent in an electoral system that allowed it only a handful of seats in the Quebec assembly despite its winning 24 and 30 percent of the vote in the 1970 and 1973 election campaigns respectively. | | | It is only during the general election that the party is the primary -- practically the only -- factor at play in the relationship between elected and elector. | | | A party-government committee composed of three cabinet ministers, the deputies and three members of the executive was created to come up with a solution. |
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http://www.fairvote.org/reports/1995/chp7/milner.html
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| | ElectionReform.org - Analysis of Electoral College Reform Options |
| | District Method - The basis of this option would be to reform the selection process for Electors in the states so that the Electors would be allocated by the majority vote in each congressional district with the two remaining Electors being allocated by the majority vote statewide. | | | Eliminate the Electoral College - This option is very straightforward - eliminate the Electoral College altogether and provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice-President. | | | This option is becoming extremely popular, but any change requires a constitutional amendment and this would need the support of states that would lose voting power. |
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| | President Elect - Articles - Electoral College Reform - 2002 Update |
| | That is why any reform of the Electoral College will most likely occur at the state level. | | | These bills are basically shows of support for the Electoral College, and ask Congress not to mess with it. | | | That means that whichever candidate wins the most votes in a state gets all of that state's electoral votes. |
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| | Prince Edward Island: Electoral Reform Commission |
| | Thus having completed his assigned mandate Justice Carruthers has closed the Electoral Reform Office. | | | This report contains a historical review of elections on Prince Edward Island, information on other electoral systems, statute review, boundary changes, electoral reform in other provinces, the road ahead and nine recommendations for consideration. | | | on Thursday, 18 December 2003, Justice Carruthers presented the 2003 Electoral Reform Commission Report to Premier Pat Binns. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics Special Reports Falconer denies need for electoral reform |
| | The government rejected demands yesterday for a review of the way MPs are elected in the wake of last week's general election, which left Tony Blair's third Commons majority resting on 36% of a 61% voter turnout. | | | Ministers have been accused of complacence since an election court in Birmingham found several Labour council lors guilty of fraud in last year's elections. | | | But he admitted that voter confidence had been undermined. |
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/queensspeech2005/story/0,16013,1483765,00.html?gusrc=rss
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| | Elections and Electoral Systems by Country |
| | Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990. | | | Electoral College results since 1789 and an explanation of Electoral College procedure | | | Verified Voting champion reliable and publicly verifiable elections in the United States. |
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| | Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform - IMPROVING DEMOCRACY IN B.C. |
| | The electoral system the Assembly members propose for the province is BC-STV, short for British Columbia Single Transferable Vote. | | | "Political parties will remain at the centre of the electoral process, but they will give up some of the excesses of party discipline and the adversarial style that alienates many voters. | | | The provincial government says that if voters approve the BC-STV model in May, it will introduce legislation so the new system can go into effect for the 2009 election. |
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| | EconLog, Real Electoral Reform, Arnold Kling: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | New Hampshire has had a law for many years that they had to have a representative for every x number of citizens (I am sorry I can't remember what that number is). | | | For example, no elected official should take office in the U.S. unless that person received 51% + of the votes from the 'eligble' voters in a fair election. | | | EconLog, Real Electoral Reform, Arnold Kling: Library of Economics and Liberty |
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| | OSCE Office in Yerevan - Electoral reform |
| | The OSCE Office in Yerevan ordered 2000 ballot boxes for use in Armenia's presidential election, 11 February 2003. | | | You are here: OSCE Office in Yerevan > Electoral reform | | | Joint ODIHR/European Commission For Democracy Through Law draft final opinion. |
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| | City of Vancouver - Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission |
| | Thomas Berger, a former Supreme Court judge and head of several federal inquiries, was chosen to be the Commissioner. | | | A City of Neighbourhoods: Report of the 2004 Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission (1.2 MB, PDF) | | | Vancouver City Council created the Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission in 2003 to re-examine what it feels is an important issue, and to find ways to improve civic democracy. |
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| | Murky.org: Electoral Reform Voxpop |
| | If any politician starts to bemoan 'voter apathy' then I hope that the interviewer asks them about their stance on reform as the electoral system is at the root. | | | Blair's party has taken a majority for the seats with some 36% of the votes. | | | Letter to my New MP on electoral reform » |
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| | Elections and Electoral Systems in the United States |
| | Hayes v Tilden: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876/7 | | | The Vanishing Voter - a Harvard project to study and invigorate the American electoral process. | | | The Keele Guide to Elections and Electoral Systems in the United States |
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| | Reform - Home |
| | "A reformed welfare system, stricter criminal sanctions and school choice would take Britain a long way towards getting its underclass problem under control. | | | "We had never heard such a radical speech on education from the prime minister before," recalls Blair Gibbs, an education expert at the Reform think-tank. | | | For Reform's response to the Conservative Party's policy announcement on policing: Reform response, 16 January 2006 |
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| | perfect.co.uk / Call this democracy? |
| | Delyn Democracy - 22% of the electorate voted for Blair's government, 78% didn't. | | | The momentum behind the call for electoral reform has been building since the election. | | | Tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, there is a meeting at the House of Commons, organised by the Electoral Reform Society and Make Votes Count under the title Call this democracy? |
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| | Electoral reform in New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Alternative Vote; used in Australia and Fiji elections; similar to FPP but with voters ranking candidates in declining order of preference. | | | All New Zealand elections from 1914 to 1996 have consistently used the British system of 'first past the post' (FPP) for parliamentary elections (bloc voting and Runoff voting were used in a limited number of elections before 1914). | | | Electoral Reform in New Zealand has, in recent years, become a political issue as major changes have been made to both Parliamentary and local government elections. |
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| | Electoral Reform Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Article on the ERS from the Electoral Reform Wiki City | | | The Electoral Reform Society is a pressure group based in the UK which promotes electoral reform. | | | Running an education programme for schools, colleges and the general public. |
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| | Colorado Dreamin' |
| | He calls the electoral reform "a multi-partisan effort," claiming that 20 percent of the campaign's signatures are from Republicans. | | | But adjust that to reflect the state's popular vote and Bush would have received only 5 electoral votes, changing the national total from 271-266 in favor of Bush to 269-268 for Gore. | | | The campaign's spokesman, Rick Ridder, also was campaign manager for Dean's presidential run. |
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| | Electoral Reform - Nader for President 2004 - www.votenader.org |
| | Electoral Reform - Nader for President 2004 - www.votenader.org | | | Major electoral reforms are needed to ensure that every vote counts, all voters are represented through electoral reforms like instant run-off voting, none-of-the-above options, and proportional representation, non-major party candidates have a chance to run for office and participate in debates, and that elections are publicly financed. | | | Electoral Reform that Creates a Vibrant, Active, Participatory Democracy. |
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| | Electoral Reform Society |
| | A veritable host of high-powered politicians and major political influencers have been assembled to discuss the major issues of elections. | | | Electoral Reform Services is the leading administrator of ballots and elections in the U.K. Back to the top | | | The Electoral Reform Society was instrumental in founding the Votes at 16 campaign. |
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| | USATODAY.com - Putin sets electoral reform in motion |
| | MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin put sweeping political reforms in motion Monday, sending to Russia's parliament a bill on eliminating the popular election of regional governors and district parliament races. | | | The motion would abolish popular elections of regional governors, who instead would be nominated by the president and confirmed by local legislatures — a move critics said would further strengthen an authoritarian streak in the Kremlin's policy. | | | He said the United States and other countries had seriously reformed their systems following the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and that Russia was intent on providing its citizens both stability and democracy. |
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| | Electoral Reform Coalition |
| | He has represented the Green Party on the Parliamentary Select Committee dealing with electoral law. | | | He was Vice-Chair of the Electoral Reform Coalition from 1988 right through to victory and beyond. | | | He has been co-Leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa/New Zealand for over a decade and a member of Parliament in New Zealand since the first MMP election in 1996. |
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| | Wards Now! Vancouver Electoral Reform |
| | City of Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission overview meeting | | | Now, finally, with a progressive majority on city council, a reform commission is beginning a process which could bring a more democratic "ward" system to city elections. | | | This webcast was from the second in a series of fifteen public forums and meetings presented by the Vancouver Electoral Reform Commission. |
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| | What You Can Get Away With » Electoral reform |
| | The Department for Constitutional Affairs, which Lord Falconer heads, is reviewing the voting system following elections to the European Parliament, as well as the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly. | | | Remember, there’s no desire for electoral reform, according to the Government. | | | Posted by Nick @ 10:22 am :: Elections, Electoral reform :: 2 comments |
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| | Proportional Representation Library |
| | In the United States, interest in this electoral reform has been growing rapidly, fueled by Americans' frustration with our traditional winner-take-all elections. | | | These pieces not only discuss the contemporary issues surrounding this election reform, but also explore some of the history of PR in the U.S., its effects on the representation of women and racial minorities, etc. | | | These sites are not only an invaluable source of additional information about PR, they also connect you to the various organizations who are working to promote this reform. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/polit/damy/prlib.htm
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| | Malta Elections |
| | * The 1990 Government White Paper on Electoral Reform | | | This site is devoted exclusively to information on Maltese elections and to the electoral system which is used in Malta, namely, the single-transferable-vote (STV). | | | * The 1994 Gonzi Commission Report on Electoral Reform (with Prof. |
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| | Mapleleafweb.com: Features - Electoral Reform in Canada |
| | You are here: Home > Features > Electoral Reform | | | Once a month we ask a Member of Parliament for their opinion on a current issue in politics. | | | Harold Jansen and Royce Koop work though various questions dealing with electoral systems and Canadian electoral reform movements. |
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| | Midwest Democracy Center |
| | Cumulative voting in three-seat districts for the Illinois House Cumulative voting rights in county board elections Irish-style instant runoff voting Same-day voter registration Electoral College reform Unicameralism | | | With your support we can continue to lobby the Illinois General Assembly, produce educational websites and brochures, earn endorsements from important constituencies and ultimately implement the laws that make our governments better represent us. | | | Read the latest news on each project, archived on these listservs. |
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| | Japan - Electoral Reform |
| | The process leading to political reform involved defections from the LDP, the decline of old parties, the birth of new ones, and a rapid succession of unlikely coalition governments. | | | It is still difficult, after only one election, to distinguish between the effects of the new electoral system and the effects of this political turmoil. | | | Constituency service also contributed to serious corruption problems which, in turn, finally led to the defeat of the LDP in the 1993 election and an electoral reform, which changed the electoral system. |
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| | CBC News: Put electoral reform in hands of people: NDP |
| | The average Canadian isn't even bothering to vote, said Layton, who added that the election of a Liberal minority government also signals voter dissatisfaction. | | | The B.C. Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform — a group of 160 randomly selected people — is spending the year reviewing the province's electoral system. | | | Put electoral reform in hands of people: NDP |
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| | Electoral Reform |
| | For example in provinces which have two or more Aboriginal constituencies, the speaker of the House of Commons would appoint two Aboriginal voters to an Aboriginal Electoral Boundry Commission for that province. | | | A report written by the Aboriginal Electoral Reform, which is comprised of former and present Member's of Parliament of Aboriginal ancestry, also addresses the structural inequalities of the federal electoral system. | | | Aboriginal electors would elect Members of Parliament who would represent them and be directly accountable to them at regular intervals. |
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| | Centre for Electoral Reform |
| | Terima kasih Anda mengunjungi Centre for Electoral Reform. | | | Terima kasih Anda mengunjungi Centre for Electoral Reform |
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| | Condorcet's Method |
| | If you are unsure why we even need to fuss with our election system at all, you should read the political justification for electoral reform and Condorcet's method. | | | If you are interested in talking about Condorcet's method and other methods of election reform, by all means, join the Election Methods Mailing list. | | | Campaign finance reform activists, media critics, and those that whine about voter apathy take note. |
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