I am still in the process of reading background materials, but
it seems that some form of proportional representation is hugely
preferable. I have two comments on the criteria:
1) there has to be a reasonable
threshhold so that we end up with a system closer to Germany's than
Israel's, where the governing party is held for ransom by totally
unrepresentative groups.
2) Party lists are open to manipulation
so that unelectable party hacks are put at the top of the lists. I
would suggest that top-up be from those candidates who came closest
to winning their constituency seats.
I trust you have looked at some of the materials from the study
of the Norwegian system, which have shown some of the negative
aspects of their proproportional system.
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