On Nov 2, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Juho wrote:
Ok, these examples are sort of second level behind the hottest
political arena. It makes sense not to involve party politics e.g.
in decision making in the schools. Are there maybe counties/cities
where the primary decision making body would have remained non-
partisan?
In California, my sense is that most city elections and some county
elections are in fact (not just nominally) non-partisan. That's not
true for larger cities and counties, where the nominally non-partisan
seats tend to be the farm team for the major parties--it's how you get
on the ladder to the show.
Juho
On Nov 2, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote:
On Nov 1, 2009, at 10:49 PM, Juho wrote:
Firstly, STV-PR can be used in all public elections, including
those that are non-partisan.
Yes. Non-partisan multi-winner elections are however rare in
politics. They may be more common e.g. when electing only a small
number of representatives within a small community.
Non-partisan multi-seat bodies compose the overwhelming majority of
elected offices in California. All our local boards (county and
city governing board, school boards, fire protection and sanitation
districts) are elected this way, and would be prime candidates for
STV.
My sense is that this is fairly common across the US, though in
some states some of these offices are partisan. There's plenty of
scope for non-partisan PR.
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