I think already the basic open list provides a quite strong link
between candidates and voters. Voters will decide which candidates
will be elected, not the party (this is an important detail).
(Extensions are needed to provide proportionality between different
subgroups of the party.)
Juho
On Jul 17, 2008, at 19:43 , James Gilmour wrote:
Diego Santos > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:32 PM
2008/7/17 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
The main issue is the party list vs PR-STV question. The problem is
that a party list system breaks the link between the candidate
and the
elected member. Party members must remain loyal to the
party as the party has all the power.
It is not always true. Open list PR keeps the relation
between the candidate and the voter.
This is true only of the most complicated versions of open-list
party-list PR voting systems. Most open-list party-list voting
systems do not give PR within each party. The relation between the
candidate and the voter is remote.
James Gilmour
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