[EM] Voting systems theory and proportional representation vssimple representation. (Abd ul-Rahman Lomax)

[Terry Bouricius]

Kathy,

Ralph is describing the open list system used in such places as the 
Netherlands (nation-wide) and Finland (regionally).

Terry Bouricius

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From: "Raph Frank" <raphfrk at gmail.com>
To: <kathy.dopp at gmail.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [EM] Voting systems theory and proportional representation 
vssimple representation. (Abd ul-Rahman Lomax)


On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Kathy Dopp <kathy.dopp at gmail.com> wrote:
> A great proportional representation system, although I don't
> think there would be room on the ballot for all those lists, so I
> suppose they could be published in advance and in the polling
> locations.

Right.  They would be published in advance, and maybe even printed
somewhere inside the polling booth, and you just vote for 1 candidate.
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