The issue of electoral reform has become more important than ever in Canada in recent years as the general public has come to realize that our current first-past-the-post‚ winner-take-all system‚ formally known as single-member plurality (SMP) has produced majority governments of questionable legitimacy. Of the major democracies in the world‚ Canada‚ the United States‚ and the United Kingdom are the only countries that still have SMP systems in place. Interestingly enough‚ there has been enormous
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leader is a big part of the way it runs in general. Many governments have different systems in which they elect their leader. In North America‚ electing a leader is a big responsibility for the citizens of that country. Particularly in Canada‚ our electoral system has been the same for many years and relies on the citizens to make a decision. Canada uses a system called first-past the-post or single member plurality . This system consists of a simple objective; to receive a majority of the votes . This
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ELECTORAL SECURITY IN THE PHILIPPINES (Automated Election System Assessment) A paper to be presented to Professor Fe Atanacio-Blas Department of International Studies Institute of Arts and Sciences Far Eastern University
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five years or if the Parliament was dissolved by the Queen with of course the Prime Minister’s advise‚ there will be an election using the "First-past-the-post" electoral system. Here the candidates can win seats in the Parliament by plurality of votes that the candidate received in his or her district. But then this form of electoral system attracted number of critics regarding the biases it constituted in the government. According to critics‚ only the large political parties (Conservative and
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Why the Electoral College Should Be Abolished and Replaced With the Direct Election Voting System 11 – 24 – 2004 Ever since its creation at the Constitutional Convention in 1787‚ the Electoral College has been the most widely debated aspect in the Constitution. There have been over 700 proposed constitutional amendments aimed at fixing or abolishing this process. And Congress has on several occasions held highly publicized hearings on Electoral College reform but overall has remained
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the question of credibility of our electoral process and elections. In other words‚ our elections have been challenged as not been free and fair. This has posed serious legitimacy question for our leaders .This paper has briefly assessed elections in Nigeria with particular emphasis on the recent ones(i.e 2003 and 2007) and has identified: massive rigging‚ violence‚ manipulation of election materials and records‚ lack of transparency on the part of electoral officials‚ delay of voting time‚ deliberate
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Reform of the Electoral System of the People’s Congresses in China – A Case Study of District People’s Congress Election LIN Feng ∗ I. Introduction China’s electoral system is composed of three elements: (i) the electoral system of grassroots autonomous organizations such as village residents’ committees; (ii) the electoral system of the people’s congresses at all levels; and (iii) the electoral system of officials of governmental organs at all levels. Many Chinese and foreign scholars have conducted
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ISLAMABAD: In a major step towards electoral reforms in Pakistan‚ the government will soon move a draft law in parliament to make Nadra’s Computerised National Identity Cards (CNIC) mandatory for voting in elections. Secretary Election Commission Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan told The News here on Friday that the bill was expected to be moved in the National Assembly during its ongoing session and when enacted would make the old NIC and other documents of identity invalid for voting. “The Computerised National
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The Electoral System Elections: a device for filling an office through choices made by a designated body of people: the electorate; "very heart of the political process" A. Material Element: externalities involved in the organization and use of things (speeches‚ campaigns‚ the act of going to the election booth‚ writing the name of the candidate in the ballot) B. Discursive Element: how the material elements "fit into an existing wider pattern of meaning‚ symbols and understandings" (material
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POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College http://homeworkmonster.com/downloads/pol-201-week-3-dq-1-presidential-leadership-electoral-college/ POL 201 Week 3 DQ 1 Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College Presidential Leadership and the Electoral College. Americans expect their presidents to get things done‚ to solve problems‚ to govern effectively‚ and to be strong leaders. The framers of the Constitution did not envision such presidential leadership. A scholar
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