At 11:28 AM 7/11/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>There is a debate now in Canada about some form of proportional
>representation. The options are something like Russell's description
>of NZ, some form of run off election (vote until you have a majority).
>there are several other possibilities so elected parties get some form
>of electoral proportion weighted vote.
>
>There is a push to increase the value of party platforms as part of
>the election of a government.
>
>In Canada currently the candidate with the most votes wins the seat
>which means that frequently the candidate with the most votes
>does not have the a major of the votes cast  and governments
>with majorities of members can be created with less than a
>majority of support. (Federally Canada has 4 real political parties)
>
>w...

Why can't they just have fractional votes? The official opposition has
to maintain a shadow cabinet anyway. That would be a lot more fair. The
communist party can have their 0.001 vote, and so on..

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