By representative you mean proportional system, right?<br><br>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.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Justus Römeth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:roemeth@gmail.com" target="_blank">roemeth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Moin Pirates<div><br></div><div>James O'Keefe, Captain of the Pirate Party of Massachusetts, stated in his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI-zueFMqSY" target="_blank">interview</a> 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?</div>
<div>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)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>kind regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Justus Römeth</div>
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