Platypus
hughento
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« on: November 06, 2003, 02:28:27 AM » |
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I think New Zealand has the best idea-Compulsory Preferential voting by party (congress) or individual (president)
ie, everyone votes; they vote for the party they like best, then second, third, etc., for congress
For presidents, have preferential primaries, and then preferential presidential. Make primaries optional (obviously) but the vote for the actual president should be compulsory.
It is the only way a majority of the adult population can truly elect their choice; if it isn't preferential a candidate coulw win with 45% of the votes, and with only 50% of the population voting-thats less then a quarter of the population!
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