James Gilmour a �crit : > > >James Gilmour had written: > > >As you are also a citizen of Ireland, I am surprised you did not > > >recognise the potential benefits of changing the Knesset voting system > > >to STV-PR, as used in Ireland. The only two changes from D�il > > >�ireann I would suggest are larger electoral districts and > > the use of the Northern Ireland STV counting rules.
STV is hard to resolve without a computer... Even if I think it is the actual best method for multiple-winners using relatively large districts, I would not recommmend it to persons doing hand counts... > James Green-Armytage commented: > > I will second this suggestion. STV seems like the right > > way to do proportional representation. If you were married to > > paper ballots, then you probably couldn't do the whole > > Knesset in one district, so you might have to sacrifice some > > proportionality. > > Even if it were possible to "do the the whole Knesset in one district", I would most > strongly advise > against it. The underlying problems with politics in Israel are exacerbated by the > large number of > very small parties that gain seats in the Knesset. A district magnitude of 120 (all > the members) > would make this even worse than at present, when it is constrained (to a small > extent) by the 1.5% > threshold. Districts based on some "natural" communities within the national > boundary would deal > with that without the need for an artificial threshold. There is more to electing > an effective > parliament than simply securing party PR. > James Other ways are available to cope with such a problem. You can ensure a stable government (garantee a stable bipartite coalition at worst) without denying any philosophy a fair representation. There is more to electing an effective parliament than simply voting for persons too. You need a team to make an efficient parliament. STV can't garantee stability even if it sacrifices party PR. SPPA can and the fact it keeps plain party PR is just a bonus. Steph ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
