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Fruits and Votes: BC election 2013
British Columbia’s general election is today.
All indications are that the NDP will defeat the incumbent Liberals, in power since 2001, by a wide margin, although the race has tightened during the campaign. BC’s First Past the Post electoral s...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 11:01am -07:00T (720 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Does STV have anything to do with absence of “free votes” in Ireland?
The Irish Times states that “Ireland is now one of the few parliamentary democracies in which members of parliament are not allowed free votes on issues of conscience.” It cites many cases of free votes (also known as “conscience votes&#...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 10:46am -07:00T (355 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Pakistan general election 2013
Continuing our series of elections in large developing-country jurisdictions using FPTP,1 we have an election in Pakistan this Saturday, 11 May.
Mostly; there is a small tier of seats set aside for women and minorities, which are elected from party lists....
Dateline: 2013-05-06 10:16am -07:00T (43 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Tasmania legislative council partial election
Tasmania has a legislative council election today. There is no general election for all 15 MLCs. 2 or 3 MLCs are elected from uninominal districts for 6 year terms each year. A large majority are independents....
Dateline: 2013-05-04 8:01am -07:00T (36 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Karnataka state election, 2013
This Friday, 5 May, is the general election for the state legislature of Karnataka, a major state in the south of India (capital Bangalore). The state is ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); in fact it is one of the rare states outside of the north ...
Dateline: 2013-04-30 2:01pm -07:00T (285 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Malaysia general election 2013
Malaysia goes to the polls on 5 May. The lower houses of the federation and 12 of the 13 states are up for grabs. There is no real question about whether Anwar Ibrahim, the opposition leader, will win, but there is a large question about whether that will...
Dateline: 2013-04-29 3:46pm -07:00T (216 words)
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Fruits and Votes: The new digs
For your viewing pleasure, the new northerly finca (and views therefrom)…
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Dateline: 2013-04-26 6:16pm -07:00T (11 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Reconsidering presidential powers
Robert Elgie commented, at another thread:
I think we already have plenty of ways of distinguishing between stronger and weaker presidents – the Shugart and Carey scores and the Siaroff presidential power scores being foremost among them. For example, w...
Dateline: 2013-04-24 1:46pm -07:00T (351 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Italian presidential selection and PD split
The Italian electoral college (made up of members of parliament and regional representatives) selected Giorgio Napolitano for a second term in the “mostly ceremonial” post of president.
Via presseurop.eu (and originally from Corriera della Ser...
Dateline: 2013-04-22 10:46am -07:00T (174 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Age of PMs and presidents upon assuming the position, in new and old democracies
Would we expect the executive format (presidential, parliamentary, etc.) to affect the age at which an executive leader assumes office?
I might expect either no effect (too many other variables might swamp the format) or a positive effect of PMs. We know ...
Dateline: 2013-04-21 3:16pm -07:00T (455 words)
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Fruits and Votes: intergalactic STV
I’m happy to report I just cast a single transferable vote for the advisory council of the Eve Online universe....
Dateline: 2013-04-16 3:31pm -07:00T (20 words)
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Fruits and Votes: Venezuela’s close result
Apparently, Hugo Chavez’s personal vote is not as strong in death as many of us assumed it would be. His designated successor, Nicolas Maduro, has been elected, but by a very tight margin, according to official results. The opposition candidate, Hen...
Dateline: 2013-04-15 1:46pm -07:00T (44 words)
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Fruits and Votes: I’m back
Well, sort of. Challenges of internet access out in the countryside will make appearances on line somewhat limited for a while.
In the meantime, here’s a view from the new finca.
(It actually looks much nicer than that. See, I said some internet...
Dateline: 2013-04-12 11:46am -07:00T (60 words)
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Fruits and Votes: and in Fiji
The military regime has published a draft constitution. The regime constitution is radically different from the Ghai constitution released some months ago and most of the changes are for the worse. The regime has managed to establish possibly the worst co...
Dateline: 2013-03-28 2:16am -07:00T (150 words)
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Fruits and Votes: May test case for prorogation in Australia?
The backwash from the Gillard frolic continues. The opposition has put a motion of no confidence on notice for the budget meeting of the parliament in May. This motion will not require a suspension of standing orders and therefore will not need an absolut...
Dateline: 2013-03-25 3:16pm -07:00T (210 words)
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