POLS 1202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Closed List, Open List, Electoral District
22 Oct 2018
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The number of seats each vote affects (district magnitude or m ) When m>1, usually uses some existing political boundary. Ordinal ballots are used in a small handful of cases. For multiple seats: ireland, malta court each other"s second preferences. Open list vs closed list (among categorical ballots) Ordinal ballot proposed in ethnically divided and/or polarized countries to force groups to. When m>1, party nominates a list of people. Voters can either vote for the party list as presented (closed list) or can be allowed to vote for a specific candidate within the party (open list) Note: this is done at the level of the country, cannot have different parties do it differently. Parties can differ in how they nominate. The formula used for converting votes into seats. Almost always candidates compete for a single seat. Count the ballots, hope there"s no tie, and you"re done. Double ballot majority (have to get over 50%)
