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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How do you vote in Labour’s leadership election? Labour's electoral system is confusing journalists and voters. Here's how it works. By Stephen Bush Labour use the alternative vote – a preferential ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...