tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post4511842831783023320..comments2024-02-24T19:28:28.716+11:00Comments on Psallite Sapienter: Restore the House of AssemblyJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-67135583971020767892013-11-11T07:42:33.594+11:002013-11-11T07:42:33.594+11:00Au contraire, John, as an Australian I am proudly ...Au contraire, John, as an Australian I am proudly in favour of preferential voting - a local innovation introduced over eighty years ago - and (in general) in S.T.V. systems. Why the UK didn't vote for such a sensible reform I'll never understand.<br /><br />That said, the way my own State has endured a succession of weak governments, because the House of Assembly is elected by a form of Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031371770440010046.post-1953033365027962872013-11-10T23:51:22.481+11:002013-11-10T23:51:22.481+11:00Beingin the U.K., I am not sure how the Australian...Beingin the U.K., I am not sure how the Australian system of preferential voting works, but for myself I have always been suspicious of PR and Single Transferable Vote systems. <br />My own preference would be a system similar to the French: where no candidate achieves a 51% majority of all votes cast, then there is a run-off the following week between two most popular candidates.<br />More John F H Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032884551581324489noreply@blogger.com