I honestly didn't know that (though I should have realized such a simple idea would already be in use somewhere). I'll have to check out "Above the line voting." Thanks!
Michael Rouse James Gilmour wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 06 January 2007 16:39 >> One partial solution is to require all candidates for an office give a >> complete preference order before the election, which will also be >> indicated on the ballot itself. This ranking would be used to >> complete all ballots without a full preference order. > > This is essentially what already happens with "above the line voting" in > Australian STV elections. This is OK if you are happy to give this > power to the parties (the real power behind the candidates). But the > main attraction of STV-PR for me is that it has the potential to shift > the balance of power - reducing the power of the parties and > increasing the power of the voters. To me the Australian "above the > line voting" is a travesty - they have turned STV-PR into a > closed-list party-list PR system with a little bit of STV tagged on. > James Gilmour > > ---- > election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info > ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info