Voting systems

A big mistake

The government has recently revived its plan to introduce simple proportional representation in the Greek election system.

If the issue is pushed and the law passed, this will be a huge mistake for the country and any political party that supports it will bear its share of the responsibility.

Bringing down threshold to consolidate democracy

It is no secret and probably even shepherds grazing their sheep on the hills of southeastern Turkey or workers harvesting tea at a Black Sea farm are well aware that Turkey's main political problem handicapping that progression of democracy stems from two basic laws: the law on elections and the law on political parties.

Minister announces "change of electoral system"

Minister announces "change of electoral system"

BELGRADE -- Deputy PM and Public Administration and Local Self-Government Minister Kori Udovicki has announced "changes to the electoral system on all levels."

Speaking over the weekend, she noted that that a combination of "majoritarian and proportional electoral systems" was #the best solution."

Turkish main opposition insists on reducing election threshold to 3 percent

A day after Turkey's Constitutional Court dismissed individual complaints filed to lower the 10 percent parliamentary threshold, the main opposition party submitted a fresh bill to Parliament to reduce the election threshold to 3 percent "for fairer representation."

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