Entries Categorized with "Elections Worldwide"
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Pakistan - Peaceful Transitions but Winner-Take-All Failure
- Posted: May 24, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Lizz Hudler
- Categories: Home, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Pakistan experiences a peaceful transition of political power, but its winner-take-all system threatens the country's democratic development.
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Philippines Holds Elections Using Degree of Proportional Representation
- Posted: May 17, 2013
- Author(s): Jonathan Gerstell
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
The Philippines, a former U.S. colony, held elections on Monday using a small degree of proportional representation that was recently expanded to include national parties by the Supreme Court.
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How Districts Plus Has Worked for German Elections
- Posted: May 3, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Rebecca Franklin
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide, Districts Plus
Despite a recent constitutional controversy, Germany's mixed member proportional representation system of elections remains one of the most effective in the world.
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Winner-Take-All Elections Exacerbate Kenya's Ethnic Tensions
- Posted: May 2, 2013
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Middle East and Africa, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Kenya's use of winner-take-all elections provides few incentives for inter-ethnic cooperation. Proportional representation could help bridge the country's ethnic divides.
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Electoral Reform on the Move in Canada
- Posted: April 16, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Americas, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
From a poll showing widespread support for proportional representation to the Liberal Party leadership elections held using ranked choice voting to the growing movement for ranked choice voting in Toronto, things are looking up for electoral reform in Canada.
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Japan's Electoral Unfairness Goes Deeper than Malapportionment
- Posted: April 8, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Sara Helmi
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide, Districts Plus
Several of Japan's high courts have called the 2012 election unconstitutional because of malapportionment. But the continued use of winner-take-all elections is the deeper cause of Japan's distorted electoral outcomes.
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Malta Elections Have 93% Turnout Using Choice Voting
- Posted: March 14, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Malta's ultra-high-turnout elections demonstrate some of the many benefits that the choice voting form of fair voting could bring to legislative elections in the United States.
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The Future of Egyptian Democracy Hinges on the Fight Over Its Electoral Law
- Posted: March 12, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Middle East and Africa, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Over two years since the Arab Spring ousted President Hosni Mubarak and brought the promise of democracy to Egypt, it is clear that that promise is threatened. While most of the media covers the protests and riots in the streets of Cairo and Port Said, the battle that may ultimately decide the fate of Egyptian democracy is being fought over Egypt's new electoral law. The key issue is proportional representation.
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Italian Elections Expose Non-Proportional and Ineffective Voting System
- Posted: February 28, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Sara Helmi
- Categories: Europe, Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
In the aftermath of Italy's general election on February 25-26, outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti asserted that "no country has such a bad electoral law as Italy." That may be an exaggeration, but there was plenty to be dissatisfied with in the election results.
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Czech Republic Holds First Popular Election for President
- Posted: January 30, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Sara Helmi
- Categories: Europe, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
On January 26, Czech citizens had the chance to directly elect their president for the first time since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. They used a national popular vote with a majority runoff to do it.