Re: [EM] Electing a proportional executive/cabinet

2006-03-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:40 AM 3/21/2006, Raphael Ryan wrote: Ok, so you don't think division of power between the executive and legislature is a good idea ? Depends on the goal, doesn't it? The purpose of such a division, in the U.S. system, was clearly to reserve major power for an equivalent of a monarch,

Re: [EM] Electing a proportional executive/cabinet

2006-03-22 Thread James Gilmour
Gervase Lam Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 11:35 PM The only solution I can think of is to let the STV voting itself determine the power of the posts. The first candidate elected gets the post he was voted in for. By definition, this would be the most important post filled. The second