Change our decision-making systems, and you change the world. Living in sympathy with our natural world means collective decision-making. No one group of individuals in society should be able to ...

Election Commission's Acting Director of Research and Planning pooh poohs notion, says confusion due to high number of independent candidates - Highest total of rejected votes as a percentage of voter ...

SAN FRANCISCO — "If you do this recall, you may create a problem that you won't get over for a long, long time. This spreads instability and uncertainty among [California's] people and people around ...

The Bar Council elections have traditionally relied on a preferential voting system, specifically the Single Transferable ...

It follows a fierce campaign from the local government sector, which had urged the Government to ditch the plans amid concerns it was undemocratic. Speaking to The Courier-Mail, Mr Hinchliffe said the ...

For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka’s presidential elections, the Election Commission (EC) had to count preferential votes, as none of the leading candidates managed to secure the crucial ...

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 30, 2016) - A new poll by NRG Research Group and Peak Communicators reveals that there is an appetite for changes to the Canadian federal election system. Seventy ...

The Liberal Democrat surge in the opinion polls has had the unexpected effect of casting a floodlight on some of the hidden paradoxes of the British system for electing members of parliament. It seems ...

It seems vital to use a preference voting system, rather than a simple “x”. A 1,2,3 approach would (a) allow more information to be collected on people’s views, (b) guide the next steps in a way that ...

LABOUR’s ruling body will decide tomorrow on whether it should switch to a preferential voting system for electing constituency party representatives on its national executive committee (NEC). NEC ...

How it works: Put one "X" next to a candidate. The one with the most votes wins. Advantage: easy to understand and voter can express view on which party should win election. Disadvantage: wastes ...