Peter Zbornik > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:04 PM > Well I think the argument that two-rounds systems are silly > and complex, can be countered with the fact that it is used > all throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Yes, and the French Presidential election of 2002 showed us very clearly what is wrong with such two-round voting systems. > I would say runoff > elections are the standard way of conducting single member > elections. Even though I have no data for this claim, Yes, I should like to see some hard data to back up that statement. James Gilmour ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info