Instant-runoff voting

San Francisco, along with many other cities around the world has started using instant runoff voting. This style of choosing a winner is very different than the plurality, borda count, or Condorcet method that can be used. As an example I live in Granite City, IL and we still have plurality voting for many local elections. When I take part in an election I will go into the polling place and choose one candidate on the ballot. On the contrary, this is not the case in San Francisco. When attending

States uses plurality voting for a traditional election method for presidential candidates. Plurality voting is when each voter submits a ballot with one candidates name. The candidate that wins a plurality of votes wins. Sounds simple enough. The idea is reasonable when there are just two candidates, obviously it’s one or the other, but when you start to introduce several candidates, it’s get a bit more complicated. However, when it comes to the electoral, plurality voting can have several disadvantages

HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_system" \o "Voting system" voting systems use different types of votes. A "Plurality voting system" does not require the winner to achieve a vote majority, or more than fifty percent of the total votes cast. In a voting system that uses a single vote per race, when more than two candidates run, the winner may commonly have less than fifty percent of the vote. A side effect of a single vote per race is HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting"

used “cynically and symbolically” to suppress disagreement (Carson 2015). It is thus crucial to figure out a suitable and reliable election system to ensure rightfulness and fairness of the political system. This essay will try to figure out which voting system better facilities democratic aims by first a brief explanation on the AV and first-past-the-post SMP system, followed by detailed analyse on both the merits and disadvantages of the two systems and a comparison to find a more suiting system

Although Canadian electoral system has always undergone periodic reforms, new challenges always accompany electoral changes and therefore the system should be consistently reformed to meet new circumstances.The current electoral system in Canada is a product of a series of electoral changes that have always taken place since the foundation of the Canadian confederation in the mid 1880s. During the early years, the rights of individuals to vote were significantly limited as only white males had the

The marginalization of minority groups in the electoral system impedes a comprehensive representation by further entrenching and aggravating ethnic division. The lack of minority representation in political-decision making has limited the ability of a true representative democracy to come into fruition. The inconsistency of elected assemblies mirroring the population has decreased the representation of ethnic minorities and deepened the racial and ethnic cleavages. Reforming the electoral system

Choice Voting Initiative The possibility of a better voter preference representation This article is part of my series on Considerations and Ideas for Improving Government and Civil Society, and constitutes its second article. Now that this series of articles has begun, this detail focused article will look at the matter of Maine’s Ranked Choice Voting Initiative. On the November 2016 ballot, the citizens of Maine will be voting on an initiative on whether to establish ranked choice voting for statewide

Australia, a country with a population of more than 22 million has quite the complex governmental system. Australia is known as a federation, a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy all in one. As a result, Australia has a queen, who resides in the United Kingdom, but is represented by a Governor-General in Australia. Following, a Prime Minister governs the country. In addition, there is a two-chamber Commonwealth Parliament that makes the laws. This diverse government is often referred

Should the Electoral system used in general elections in the UK be reformed? The election system that we currently have in the UK is a lot like marmite, you either love it or you hate it… There are many different arguments for and against this system, however people forget that within getting rid of the First Past the Post system, you will then need to then replace it. This then poses the vital question of which is the best fitting system and should we really change tradition? First past the post

is a democracy which it should be run by the people. There are many reasons why the Presidential system isn 't very reliable and is very unfair. One of these is how the the leaders are elected, for the Presidential system, they have the “plurality voting system” which means, the candidate who has the most votes wins the election, therefore neglecting the votes of all the other candidates who lost which they then get nothing from it. This is very unfair considering that each candidate has different