PO263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Plurality Voting System, Vote Splitting, Party System
28 Nov 2016
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Doj (cid:373)o(cid:374)opolizes legal ad(cid:448)ice (cid:449)ithi(cid:374) federal go(cid:448)"t; esp. re: policy (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g. Legal services unit: institutional presence in every department- horizontal coordination. Charter checklist, updated by the hrls every six months. Lsu integrated at earliest stages of policy department, risk analysis for the department: to resolve problems before hrls has to become involved. Senior general council within the executive of department. Charter litigation committee in doj, especially section 1. Minister of justice: charter analysis included in memorandum to cabinet. Doj involved in drafting legislation after through cabinet. Establish parliamentary actor/ committee to undertake meaningful charter reviews. Empowering committee with sufficient funding and staff. Pr- proportional representation: mmp- mixed member proportional. Pb- preferential ballot: stv- single transferable vote. Majority- more than 50%, plurality- more than anyone else. The central goal is to ensure that parties are given seats in numbers proportional (equivalent) to the share of votes that they receive i. e. 30% of the vote= 30% of the seats available.
