http://www.int-idea.se/publications/system-design.html has ordering info for The International IDEA Handbook of Electoral System Design Much of the Handbook is part of the ACE Project below. ------ http://www.aceproject.org/ has the Administration and Cost of Election Project having all sorts of info about election systems (especially proportional representation systems). See also http://www.int-idea.se/aceintro.htm The more important ACE areas are-- Electoral Systems (see below index) Boundary Delimitation (regarding district boundaries) Parties and Candidates Vote Counting ----- http://www.aceproject.org/main/english/es/es/default.htm Feedback Return Previous | Index | Next Help Search Electoral Systems: Electoral Systems Index file info *Electoral Systems Index *Overview *Guiding Principles *Administrative Considerations *Cost Considerations *Social and Political Context *Historical Review *Practical Advice for Electoral System Designers *Additional Resources *Design Principles *Ensuring a Representative Parliament *Making Elections Accessible and Meaningful *Providing Incentives for Conciliation *Facilitating Stable and Efficient Government *Holding Government and Representatives Accountable *Encouraging Cross-Cutting Political Parties *Promoting a Parliamentary Opposition *The Process of Choice *National Conventions/Constitutional Assemblies *Negotiations *External Imposition *Evolution/Accident *Design Components *Direct Democracy Options *Referendums and Plebiscites *Citizen Initiative *Legislative Recall *Frequency/Date/Day of Elections *Parliamentary Size *Districting *Way of Voting *How Votes Become Seats *Special Mechanisms *Compulsory Voting *Minority Provisions *Special Mechanisms for Women *Majority-Plurality Systems *First Past The Post (FPTP) *Advantages *Disadvantages *Block Vote *Advantages *Disadvantages *Alternative Vote *Advantages *Disadvantages *Two-Round System *Advantages *Disadvantages *Semi-Proportional Systems *Parallel *Advantages *Disadvantages *Limited Vote *Advantages *Disadvantages *SNTV *Advantages *Disadvantages *PR systems *Allocation of Seats *List PR *Advantages *Disadvantages *Mixed Member Proportional *Advantages *Disadvantages *Single Transferable Vote *Advantages *Disadvantages *PR Related Issues *Thresholds *Apparentement *Open, Closed and Free Lists *District Magnitude *The Global Distribution of Electoral Systems *Other Types of Elections *Presidential Elections *First Past the Post *Two-Round Systems *Preferential Voting *Distribution Requirements *Upper House Elections *Regional and Local Government Elections *Country Examples *Argentina *The Alternative Vote in Australia *Bolivia: Electoral Reform in Latin America *The Canadian Electoral System: A Case Study *Switzerland *Chile: Proportionality or Majoritarianism ? *Germany: The Original Mixed Member Proportional System *Ecuador: The Search for Efficient Representation *Spanish Electoral System *Finland: Candidate Choice and Party Proportionality *Ireland: The Archetypal Single Transferable Vote System *Electoral reform in Israel *India - First Past the Post on a Grand Scale *Jordan - Electoral System Design in the Arab World *Japan - Electoral Reform *Sri Lanka: Changes to Accommodate Diversity *Mali: A Two-Round System in Africa *Malta: STV With Some Twists *Namibia - National List PR in Southern Africa *The Netherlands *New Zealand: A Westminster Democracy Switches to PR *Papua New Guinea *Poland: Between Fragmentation and Polarisation *Russia - An Evolving Parallel System *Ukraine: Peril of Majoritarianism in New Democracy *UK: Electoral System Experimentation in Cradle of FPTP *US: Ethnic Minorities and Single-Member Districts *South Africa: Election Systems and Conflict Management *Electoral Systems End Notes *Bibliography filename: es author: date created: 1998/09/01 date modified: 1998/09/21 ----- There is a feedback form for additions/corrections.
