The 2015 Turkish Election: A More Proportional Result than Usual
Posted on What's New on June 26, 2015
The Turkish election in June 2015 was remarkable for many reasons. In this short piece, FairVote's Robert Buderi explores the ins and outs of the 2015 campaign and the operation of Turkey's party list proportional system. Buderi shows that a high national threshold in a proportional representation system tends to undermine the proportionality of election results and introduce some of the problems rife in winner-take-all plurality systems like the US and Britain.
Read moreRanked Choice Voting Will Be Used to Select British Party Leaders, Naturally
Posted on What's New Sarah John on May 13, 2015
2015 Election in United Kingdom Likely to Deliver Disproportionate Results (and a Hung Parliament), Again.
Posted on What's New Sarah John on February 26, 2015
Choice Voting vs. The Challengers: The Irish Convention on the Constitution Decides
Posted on What's New Robert Fekete on August 07, 2013
The Irish Constitutional Convention was tasked with finding the best electoral system for Ireland, and all options were on the table. They decided to stick with the choice voting form of fair representation, with only 3 percent preferring U.S.-style single-member districts.
Read moreIrish Convention Recommends Lowering the Voting Age
Posted on What's New Robert Fekete on July 08, 2013
The Irish Convention of the Constitution has recommended that Ireland become the 18th nation in the world to allow people under 18 years old to vote - a reform that is also gaining traction on the local level in the U.S.
Read moreIreland Takes Election Reform Seriously with Convention on the Constitution
Posted on What's New Robert Fekete on June 28, 2013
Last year the Irish Parliament decided to take a serious look at reforming their constitution, commissioning a citizen's assembly to examine their electoral system. The United States could learn from the Irish example.
Read moreRank the Vote: Comparing Voting in Ireland and the United States
Posted on What's New Robert Fekete on June 24, 2013
Since 1919, Ireland has used a form of ranked choice voting for all its public elections. When the Irish think of voting, they think about ranking candidates in their order of preference. But here in the U.S., our conception of voting is usually just picking our one favorite candidate. FairVote examines the lessons we can learn from ranked choice voting in Ireland.
Read moreHow to Guarantee Accountable Legislatures Under Choice Voting (Without Hurting Third Parties)
Posted on What's New Devin Mccarthy on March 21, 2013
You don't have to sacrifice voter choice in order to guarantee accountable governments in a choice voting system - either in Malta or in the U.S.
Read moreMalta Elections Have 93% Turnout Using Choice Voting
Posted on What's New Devin Mccarthy on March 14, 2013
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.
Read moreItalian Elections Expose Non-Proportional and Ineffective Voting System
Posted on What's New Sara Helmi on February 28, 2013
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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