RE: [EM] Iraq election system

2005-01-30 Thread James Gilmour
James Green-Armytage Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 2:51 AM It looks like this is a closed list system (the party leadership determines the ordering of the list). Yes, it is a closed-list party-list PR election, with the whole country as one national constituency (= one electoral district).

Re: [EM] Iraq election system

2005-01-30 Thread Kevin Venzke
James, --- James Green-Armytage [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : The assembly will have the power to appoint the president and two vice-presidents. So, it looks like this is a parliamentary model of government rather than a presidential system (i.e., the legislature is the dominant

Re: [EM] Iraq election system

2005-01-30 Thread Bart Ingles
James Green-Armytage wrote: There also seems to a series of governorate councils, which will also be up for election tomorrow. It looks like there will be about 18 of these, and most of them will have 41 members. They seem to be more of a local branch of the government. It's not too clear