Internet Voting: Lessons learnt from the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote.
Voting Systems General Manager of UK Engage, Andy Tye, discusses electoral reform for the millennial generation, internet voting and inclusiveness for all to vote. Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the founders of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) in 1903. Their famous...Electoral Systems: What’s the Difference Between Contingent Voting and Alternative Voting Systems?
Voting Systems Contingent Voting The Contingent Vote (CV) is an electoral system used to elect a single winner. In this system the voter ranks each of the candidates in order of preference. In such an election, if no candidate receives an absolute majority of first preference votes,...What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using A Proportional Representation, (PR) Electoral System?
Voting Systems Proportional representation (PR) is a term used to describe a range of electoral systems in which the distribution of seats corresponds closely with the proportion of the total votes cast for each party or individual candidate. PR offers alternatives to first past the...Voting Systems: The Supplementary Vote.
Voting Systems The Supplementary Vote (SV) is a shortened version of the Alternative Vote (AV), involving either one or two rounds of counting. The SV system is employed to elect single office-holders for a whole regional or local authority area. SV has been successfully used to...What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) System?
Voting Systems The Single Transferable Vote (STV) is a form of proportional representation voting system which uses preferential voting, usually in multi-member constituencies. Candidates don’t need a majority of votes to be elected; all they require is a known...
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