Tentative conclusions on democracy & governance
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Open lists for Iraq
Reidar Visser reports. More at Fruits and Votes.
I am surprised. Then again, the political leaders who agreed to this are unlikely to lose their seats under the new system. See MSS’ comment on another post, the essence of which supports my prediction.
I do not know yet whether the lists are fully open or just “flexible.”The lists will be open. Candidates will not need quotas of preference votes as they did in the January 2009 governorate council elections. Voters, however, will have the option of voting for the party’s pre-ordered list.3 responses to to “Open lists for Iraq”
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If there is a pre-ordered list, then there has to be a quota of preference votes in order for a candidate to vault over another ranked higher on the original list.
So I am still confused as to whether this is an open or flexible list.
(For this determination, it does not matter whether a voter must give a preference vote, or may vote solely for the list.)
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It’s open. Only the preference votes will set the list order.
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Fruits and Votes » Prof. Shugart's Blog » Is Iraq’s electoral system really open-list PR? March 11th, 2010 at 01:00
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