[pp.int.general] Election Results

[W Tovey]

I think that is, if anything, a reason for using this method. Remember 
that the Board positions are not party-based. Each Board member is there 
to act for PPI, not for their individual party (after all, one of the 
new board members isn't a member of a member party of PPI). There were 
no "parties" standing in the election, just individuals, so that first 
part either doesn't apply or, if anything, helps split up any party 
blocks from voting together.

As mentioned elsewhere, this method isn't in the statutes, that leaves 
things like voting procedures up to the discretion of the Assembly. As 
such this method was proposed (by someone other than me) and accepted by 
the delegates. Yes, it may be a little confusing, but if there was one 
"perfect" voting system that was simple, balanced, fair etc., everyone 
across the world would be using it for everything. From what I 
understand, STV is regarded by many to be the most sensible and fair way 
of voting when you are selecting one or more options out of a long list, 
as in these cases.

-Will

P.S. Also, in terms of getting things up on Wikipedia, I understand that 
Wikipedia doesn't really like things being there unless they have a 
reference somewhere, so perhaps if the Board (or someone else) could 
publish a brief summary of the conference on the PPI website, along with 
the list of countries/parties who are now members, we can then change 
the wiki page.

On 19/04/2010 04:45, Rodrigo Pereira wrote:
> "STV, unlike Closed List PR, can at times produce pressures for 
> political parties to fragment internally because members of the same 
> party are effectively competing against each other, as well as against 
> the opposition, for votes. This could serve to promote ‘clientelistic’ 
> politics where politicians offer electoral bribes to groups of defined 
> voters." 
> <http://aceproject.org/ace-en/topics/es/esd/esd02/esd02d/esd02d01>
>
>
> Who decided the voting method?
>
> Where this method is indicated in the statutes?
>
>
> []'s
>
> rodrix
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