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06-08-2013 , 02:48 AM

diebitter

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 65,729

Would voting be better if your ballot was that you mark the one you least want to represent you, and the winner is the one who gets the least votes?

Wouldn't that lead to representation by the person that majority find the least objectionable? Would it affect turnout to vote? Is it the same as the current system at heart?

06-08-2013 , 03:26 AM

LirvA

banned

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 43,574

hide the ether

06-08-2013 , 05:46 AM

JohnHHolliday

adept

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 998

If you wanted to find a more effective way of electing representatives there are a couple of options. One would be to have voters rank the candidates from best to worst and have the candidate with the highest aggregate number of votes.

Another option would be to simply move towards proportional representation.

06-08-2013 , 05:48 AM

2/325Falcon

Conehead

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,907

Ballots have a bunch of buttmunch third party candidates who couldn't lead a three year old to the ****ter never mind govern effectively. Trying to figure out who's the worst from the Jill Stein/Ron Paul/Vermin Supreme turd stroganoff of candidates sucks.

06-08-2013 , 01:04 PM

Low Key

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 33,327

As someone not on the ballot, I support making me president for life

06-08-2013 , 01:30 PM

Gin 'n Tonic

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,305

I quite like the idea of a 'None of the above' slot on the ballot, but with the following variation... At the end of the election the total number of NOTA votes are tallied and that proportion of seats are allocated to members of the public who shall be selected at random from those who have expressed an interest in being chosen.

The only criteria that would apply is hat they have not been convicted of a serious crime within the last 10 years and that they not fulfilled any paid role in a political party in the last parliament.

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