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[Juho]

Ok, these examples are sort of second level behind the hottest  
political arena. It makes sense not to involve party politics e.g. in  
decision making in the schools. Are there maybe counties/cities where  
the primary decision making body would have remained non-partisan?

Juho


On Nov 2, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote:

> On Nov 1, 2009, at 10:49 PM, Juho wrote:
>
>>> Firstly, STV-PR can be used in all public elections, including  
>>> those that are non-partisan.
>>
>> Yes. Non-partisan multi-winner elections are however rare in  
>> politics. They may be more common e.g. when electing only a small  
>> number of representatives within a small community.
>
> Non-partisan multi-seat bodies compose the overwhelming majority of  
> elected offices in California. All our local boards (county and city  
> governing board, school boards, fire protection and sanitation  
> districts) are elected this way, and would be prime candidates for  
> STV.
>
> My sense is that this is fairly common across the US, though in some  
> states some of these offices are partisan. There's plenty of scope  
> for non-partisan PR.