Weekend Four: Electoral Systems (Part II)

Day One - Saturday October 28, 2006

Plenary Session:

Open Forum:  Feedback from Weekend Three
Open Forum (PDF, 31K)
Meeting Notes - Weekend Three (PDF, 44K)
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Plenary Session:

Proportional Systems:
This plenary session was an introduction the Proportional family of electoral systems and the variants within it. The discussion included a look at ballot structure, district magnitude and the formulae used to determine winners.
Proportional Representation - List PR and its Variants-When Vote Share Equal Seats Share (PDF, 600K)
Appendix A - Proportional Systems (PDF, 11K)
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Plenary Session:

Single Transferable Vote:
Dr. Rose introduced the concept of ordinal voting in proportional representation systems during this plenary session.
STV - Combining Preference Voting, Proportionality and Local Representation (PDF, 811K)
Appendix A - Single Transfer Vote (PDF, 13K)
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Day Two - Sunday, October 29, 2006

Plenary Session:

Combining Proportional Representation with Geographic Representation:
This plenary session introduced Assembly members to the elements of Mixed Systems and the variants within the family.
Mixed Systems - Combining Local Representation with Proportionality (PDF, 2648K)
Appendix A - Mixed Systems (PDF, 11K)
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