[pp.int.general] A Pirate Position on First past the post vs representative voting

[Marko Mitrovic]

By representative you mean proportional system, right?

Well, from political point of view it is only logical that we favor
proportional system as we are new emerging party and would find very hard
to break into first past the post system any time soon. Proportional system
is also more democratic as it makes possible for smaller parties to be
represented in parliament. And proportional system would make it easier to
shift to some more direct-democracy-ish system in the future.


On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Justus Römeth <roemeth at gmail.com> wrote:

> Moin Pirates
>
> James O'Keefe, Captain of the Pirate Party of Massachusetts, stated in his
> interview <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI-zueFMqSY> with Etopia news
> that he thinks that representative voting systems are something he as a
> Pirate would like to also see in the US. Is that something that is mirrored
> by other parties with similar political systems, like PPFR, PPUK or PPES?
> And if it is, is there a way we can develop and formulate a coherent
> position that could become part of future Pirate Party political
> statements? Do you think a statement on this position is desireable?
> If it is, how do we make sure that a) there really is a change on this
> once we have electoral success (and not fail like the LibDems in the UK),
> and b) how can we reach out to other parties that share this position (like
> the Green parties in the UK, US and France)?
>
> kind regards
>
> Justus Römeth
>
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