On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Raph Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A two House solution seems to help with that though, you still need to > know what is happening in order to pick the elected house.
Also, it could work like the Irish Seanad and have persuasive power only. For example, the Seanad can only block legislation for 180 days. This means that if the Dail want to pass some bill, they can by waiting and passing the bill a second time. However, in most cases, amendments made by the Seanad improve the bill and are thus kept. In fact, I don't think the Seanad was ever overridden using the 180 days rule. They prevent bills that are passed impulsively from instantly becoming law. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
