Approval in E Europe [was IRV...; was ...Approval]

[Olli Salmi]

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I'll try again.

At 05:16 +0300 18.4.2002, Adam Tarr wrote:
>Here are some links that I have been looking into to try and find details
>on Eastern European Approval-Style elections.

I have only found counter-examples.

Here's Steven Brams's reference:
Shabad, Theodore (l987). "Soviet to Begin Multi-Candidate Election
Experiment in
June." New York Times, April l5, p. A6.
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/government/approvalvote/altvote.html

The Soviet Union passed a new electoral law in December 1988 for the
election of the new Congress of People's Deputies, the huge Leninist-type
body. I haven't found this law, only a short reference in Estonia:
http://www.vvk.ee/english/overview.html

My understanding is that the following rule still in force in Tajikistan
goes back to  Soviet legislation.

"A voter should vote only for one candidate and for one political party.
When voting for one candidate and one political party the voter should
cross out names of candidates and political parties, against whom he/she
votes.
A voter vote against all candidates and all political parties he/she shall
cross out all candidates and all political parties."
http://www.ifes.org/AsiaAssocSite/tajikistan.htm

Armenia has the same rule but the ballot is different. A ballot with votes
for more than one candidate is invalid (Article 58)
http://www.internews.am/elections/english/law/code/eleven.htm

Kazakhstan uses similar ballots as Armenia, but you can vote for several
candidates in the elections of bodies of local self-administration, which
according to Article 21 have multi-member districts, so it doesn't count as
Approval.
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/elect/database/legislation/kaz_el99.htm

Thanks for the links. Here's a nice one:
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm

Olli Salmi


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