Category:Electoral System Reform
- Election Reform
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform
More election systems info at FairVote
Electoral reform in electoral systems is intended to improve how public desires are expressed in election results.
Popular reforms can include:
Voting systems, such as proportional representation, a two-round system (runoff voting), instant-runoff voting... citizen initiatives and referendums and recall elections...
Improved voting can include:
- Ballot Access (see Ballot Access News for more info re: US fed/state election law news)
- Vote-counting procedures
- Rules about political parties, typically changes to election laws
- Eligibility to vote / Factors which affect the rate of voter participation (and counter to improved electoral reforms, often eligibility rules are employed that reduce participation and voter turnout.
- How candidates and political parties are able to stand (nomination rules) and how they are able to get their names onto ballots (ballot access)
- Electoral constituencies and election district borders ('gerrymandering', i.e. skewing the drawing of district boundaries to fit partisan goals, is often utilized and runs counter to full and fair voter participation and representation)
- Ballot design and voting equipment
- Scrutineering (election monitoring by candidates, political parties, etc.)
- Safety of voters and election workers
- Measures against bribery, coercion, and conflicts of interest
- Financing of candidates' and referendum campaigns
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Electoral System / Representation Issues
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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) / ‘ranking the candidates’ systems are used in California and Minnesota, among many other locations.
Cities that use RCV in California include Oakland (http://www.acgov.org/rov/rcv/), Berkeley, San Leandro and San Francisco (http://www.sfelections.org/demo/). Cities in Minnesota that use RCV include St. Paul (http://votestpaul.org) and Minneapolis (http://vote.minneapolismn.gov/rcv/index.htm0)
A proportional representation form of RCV for multi-candidate elections is used in Cambridge, Massachusetts (https://www.cambridgema.gov/election2015/ccouncil/15CouncFinal%20Round15.htm).
Countries that use the system include Australia (http://www.eca.gov.au/systems/proportional/), Ireland (http://www.environ.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/guide_to_ireland_pr-stv_system_0.pdf), and Scotland (http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Elections/guidance/VotingSystems2).
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