POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Proportional Representation, Electoral Fraud, Liberum Veto

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1150
• Professor: Mark Yanisziewski

Document Summary

Lecture 17: electoral systems (i) february 17. Advantages of paper ballots: still argued that paper ballots are better than electronic and paperless ones because: Different kinds of electoral systems (to elect representatives) This being one of the factors that lead to the downfall of the polish state at the time. Lottery: put all things into e. g. hat and pull name out, society that engaged in lottery the most was ancient athens elected some officials through. Like unanimity above, it has an ancient relation this process: aristotle thought this process of lottery was desirable thought other forms of elections in contrast were far too likely to appeal to the mob. If use mechanism a lot, sooner or later a good chunk of people will get the chance to be in a position of leadership. It is extremely egalitarian equal opportunity regardless of economic/social, etc. characteristics. More prevalent/major types: plurality (aka first past the post) 1st most common, proportional representation.