At 02:56 +0200 7.2.2002, Blake Cretney wrote:
Adam Tarr wrote:
...
All of these advantages are shared by open list. (Note that in Open
list, there's no reason to stop people from just voting for the party,
a la closed list, and not voting within the party. I only mention
this for the sake
Adam Tarr wrote:
While I agree with most of what you said, I think open list is almost
unambiguously better than closed list.
1. It allows districts/constituencies to be eliminated. They tend
to corrupt the process.
2. It provides a high degree of proportionality.
3. It is simple