tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post5431427642339720499..comments2023-03-24T21:49:49.118-04:00Comments on Dubious Prospects: While we have the Constitution open...Graydonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-12076438434173686602016-11-24T22:00:13.003-05:002016-11-24T22:00:13.003-05:00+Deborah Fitchett
That system has been proposed, b...+Deborah Fitchett<br />That system has been proposed, but it would leave us with seven-hundred-and-change MPs, which is an unwieldy great lot of MPs. The general pressure in the voting reform movement seems to be straight proportional vote and party list MPs.<br /><br />I want to weight the Senate towards underpopulated areas because the people who live there have effectively no political voice Graydonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09839374676813519438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105242361638428746.post-37184022852175090912016-11-23T02:15:45.927-05:002016-11-23T02:15:45.927-05:00As you know, Bob, there are all sorts of proportio...As you know, Bob, there are all sorts of proportional systems; it sounds like they're suggesting a specific one?<br /><br />I quite like the one we have in New Zealand though it does confuse people (though not as much as when first implemented). Essentially every voter gets two votes: 1) for preferred candidate standing for the local electorate (electoral boundaries are drawn every 5 years byDeborah Fitchetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058960370520958818noreply@blogger.com