Entries Categorized with "Europe"
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Local elections in France: Revealing rehearsal before 2012 presidential elections
- Posted: April 8, 2011
- Author(s): Wael Abdel Hamid
- Categories: Home, Europe, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
On March 20 and 27, French voters elected their local representatives. These representatives (general counselors) are chosen town-by-town, and gather by departments and elect their president to represent their fellow voters at the regional level. In other words, French local elections are a relatively minor step in the electoral calendar that will bring France to vote for its president in May 2012.
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Mayoral Elections in Paris: Lessons from its Electoral College-type system
- Posted: August 9, 2010
- Author(s): Jules Leconte
- Categories: Home, Europe, Elections Worldwide
Although France elects its president in high turnout national popular vote elections, its three largest cities, Paris, Marseille and Lyon elect their mayors in a way that is strikingly similar to how American presidents are elected.
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 4
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Elections Worldwide
"...And the Results Are In!"
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 3
- Posted: May 6, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
"How Does an "Election" within an Unrecognized State SIgnificantly Affect the International Community?"
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French Regional elections: With "proportional" system, the devil is in the details...
- Posted: April 27, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
On March 14th and 21st, French voters elected their 26 regional councils. A main point of interest, beyond the results, is how the semi-proportional system used for the regional elections distorts the electoral dynamics, and how well represented women are.
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus: Part 2
- Posted: April 17, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Research & Analysis, Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
"And the Candidates are… :: drum roll ::"
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"Presidential Elections" in Cyprus (Series)
- Posted: April 17, 2010
- Author(s): Amanda Naldjieff
- Categories: Home, Research & Analysis, Instant Runoff Voting, Europe, Elections Worldwide
"Wait! Cyprus has a President!"
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Cleaning up politics: the UK to use alternative voting?
- Posted: February 10, 2010
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Home, Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Elections Worldwide
In the context of major distrust by British citizens of their almost 800 year-old democracy and their politicians, Gordon Brown proposed on February 2nd, in a speech at the Institute for Public Policy Research, to get rid of the UK’s “first-past-the-post” voting system.
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U.S.-style primaries are inspiring the French Socialist Party
- Posted: October 14, 2009
- Author(s): Pauline Lejeune
- Categories: Home, Europe, Elections Worldwide
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British prime minister pledges national referendum on IRV - Poll shows support
- Posted: October 11, 2009
- Author(s): Rob Richie
- Categories: Instant Runoff Voting, Europe, Elections Worldwide