POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Single Transferable Vote, Open List, Closed List
20 Nov 2013
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Districts in which more than one mp will be elected. Election can occur with voters having only one vote or having multiple votes. One vote disadvantaged political parties and encouraged tribal alleigances. Good: connection between people and their mps, more representative. Bad: vulnerable to gerrymandering (could have urban ridings have more people in them with more. Palestinians and rural areas with few palestinians get same representation- in jordan) All votes cast at national level and turn them into seats. Representative, not vulnerable to gerrymandering because there are no borders to draw, least vulnerable to corruption because mp doesn"t have a district and it is very difficult to bribe people on a mass scale. Leads to many parties and coalition governments (sometimes there is a threshold) Party registration: in iran, there is an ideological screen- screened for commitment to islamic revolution. Pr systems make it easier to encourage the election of women.
