Kristofer Munsterhjelm said: > - Thus, it's not too hard for me to think there might be sets of > rules that would make parties minor parts of politics. Those would > not work by simply outlawing parties, totalitarian style. Instead, > the rules would arrange the dynamics so that there's little benefit > to organizing in parties.
Such rules would be difficult to implement while the parties are still in power. They control the legislatures. I think we need to look at the primaries. A system of open primaries would be beyond the reach of the parties, and it might undermine their power. Has anyone tried this approach before? -- Michael Allan Toronto, +1 416-699-9528 http://zelea.com/ ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info