>>What about New Zealand?
>
> Well that is nice of you, to be sure.
>
>>First with preferential voting,
>
> Umm, if you mean proportional voting for elections, then new Zealand is a
> late comer. Tasmania and germany are two that had it a lot longer, and
> were
> often mentioned as examples when NZ was setting up their system some 10
> years ago.


No, I mean preferential voting.  New Zealand did it in about 1890 or there
abouts.  I'm too lazy to look it up.

Australia has both systems.  Voting for your local member is preferential,
you give each candidate a rank & whoever gets the most wins.  The Senate
has proportional, so minor ratbag parties can get a seat even with a small
percentage of votes.

Tony

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