02/03/02 - STV for Candidate Lists: Dear Adam, You wrote: " While it [Party List] is not quite as efficient in making every vote elect a representative as STV is, it is highly proportional, highly democratic, and extremely simple to implement and understand. "
Donald: While I agree to the good things you say about Party List, it does have a number of faults. One: Its high proportionality is only for party. Two: The voter is not allowed to cross party lines. Three: The order of the candidate list of each party is suspect. The mathematical correct way to determine the order of candidates for a party would be to use STV, but then why not use STV for the entire election and drop Party List? Yes indeed, why not? Regards, Donald
