The Electoral Process The electoral process is very important in the U.S. government as any significant officials are elected by this system. The electoral process has three levels‚ the local‚ state and national election. Local elections include municipal elections‚ metropolitan elections‚ and the elections of local and district councils State elections include state legislature‚ governors‚ lieutenant governors‚ attorney general‚ secretary of state‚ supreme court members and state judiciary members
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’There is no such thing as a perfect electoral system’ The idea of perfection is interpreted differently amongst everybody in the UK. The word ’Perfect’ is defined as having all the necessary or typical characteristics required for a given situation. So everybody will have different thoughts on what really is a perfect electoral system. Generally‚ a perfect electoral system is one which has the qualities of being simple‚ gives a varied choice to the electorate‚ is fair and proportional‚ gives
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since 1988. Conversely‚ in the 2008 federal elections‚ voter turn out had reaching an all-time low‚ where‚ just under‚ 59 percent of eligible voters actually voted. The low turn out raised questions and concerns whether Canadian democracy and the electoral system are effective. Often‚ high volume of voter turnout is indicative of a healthy democracy and aids in determining people’s confidence and satisfaction with the
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Why an Open List Proportional Representation Electoral System Is the Best Choice For an Newly Emerging Democracy Mike Ramjee Comparative Politics and Government Pol 102 (01) 12/15/2013 For a state hosting its first democratic elections‚ the best type of electoral system would be an open list proportional representation system. This type of electoral system offers many benefits including battling corruption‚ fair representation
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The first article‚ “Electoral-politics and strategic Voting in State Supreme Courts‚” by Melinda Gann‚ has the theory that states supreme court justices vote strategically‚ especially in controversial issues‚ in order to appease their constituencies‚ in order to reelected. Even if the issue voted on contrasts their own personal beliefs‚ the justices will vote with the majority‚ especially closer to elections‚ due to electoral pressure. The data relevant to this theory draws from characteristics of
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Vol. 41‚ No. 6‚ November–December 2011‚ pp. 534–547 issn 0092-2102 eissn 1526-551X 11 4106 0534 http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.1110.0544 © 2011 INFORMS Designing New Electoral Districts for the City of Edmonton Burcin Bozkaya Sabanci School of Management‚ Sabanci University‚ Orhanlı-Tuzla‚ 34956 Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ bbozkaya@sabanciuniv.edu Erhan Erkut Ozyegin University‚ 34662 Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ erhan.erkut@ozyegin.edu.tr Dan Haight Centre for Excellence in Operations‚ University of
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CHAPTER THREE IMPERATIVES FOR ELECTORAL REFORM 3.1 INTRODUCTION In the context of a weak electoral body‚ a perverted electoral process and undemocratic political parties‚ the stage is set for flawed elections. Thus‚ the 1999 and 2003 elections‚ like virtually all the preceding elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history‚ were classic cases of electoral fraud. In broad terms‚ there have been two kinds of elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history. These are the ‘transition’ and
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The Philippines elects on national level a head of state (the President) and a legislature. The president is elected for a six-year term by the people. The vice-president is elected at the same time on a separate ballot. The Philippines elects on a local level governors‚ vice governors‚ board members‚ mayors up to the barangay officials and the Sangguniang Kabataan or youth council members which is mandated in the current Constitution of the Philippines and the Local Government Code of 1991. The
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vigorous and vibrant form of government‚ it has also earned the sobriquet of a money and muscle-driven democracy. The reason behind is the electoral system of the country which is still hamstrung with certain crippling factors which make electoral reforms an utmost necessity. Though over the years‚ the Election Commission has accomplished commendable electoral reforms to fortify democracy and augment the even-handedness of elections‚ yet a lot is still needed to be done. Criminalization of politics
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Is Britain an elective dictatorship? Lord Hailsham suggested the phrase elective dictatorship in his academic paper written in 1976. Elective dictatorship refers to the fusion of powers of the executive and the legislature; where the legislature is drawn from the executive therefore resulting in dominance of the executive over the legislature. ������ Firstly the executive�s majority in the House of Commons reinforces the executives dominance. Elective dictatorship occurs in conjunction with this
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