Hallo, Bob Richard wrote (4 June 2009):
> (1) How is the legislature of your country currently > elected? As James Gilmour also said, replacing a > proportional method with single-member districts > would be a big step backwards. > > (2) Does your country have a directly-elected President, > or elected mayors in the cities, or other executive > offices? That's where a Condorcet-compliant method > might be an improvement. I say "might be" because the > importance of Condorcet compliance relative to other > criteria is hotly debated, including in this forum. Please read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Hungary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elections_in_Hungary ********* James Gilmour wrote (4 June 2009): > > "Shall the current election method be replaced > > by the Schulze method, a preferential > > and Condorcet-consistent single-winner > > election method?" > > With due respect, Markus, I can safely say that no > ordinary elector in the UK would understand any of > the important words in that question. Sad, but true. Well, I believe that it is not necessary that the voter can understand the question instantly. I believe that the law only requires that, after the campaign, the voter can understand the question. Markus Schulze ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
