Comments on: Later, Electoral College http://www.eddie.com/2004/10/12/later-electoral-college/ word from the eddie underworld Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Wooish http://www.eddie.com/2004/10/12/later-electoral-college/#comment-163 Wooish Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/wp/?p=21#comment-163 like woo! like woo!

]]> By: Simon http://www.eddie.com/2004/10/12/later-electoral-college/#comment-164 Simon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/wp/?p=21#comment-164 Consider Australia, where minority parties hold seats in both houses of parliament and can vote on the laws that govern the country because the 6-7% of votes that went their way are counted. In the election held just last week, a minority party that polled only 50,000 primary votes out of a nation of 11 million voters won one of the 76 seats in the upper house. Not only that, but the winning party needed 1 more seat for an absolute majority. This means the minority candidate holds the balance of power in the upper house through which all legislation needs to pass to become law! That is the power of preferential voting. Consider Australia, where minority parties hold seats in both houses of parliament and can vote on the laws that govern the country because the 6-7% of votes that went their way are counted.

In the election held just last week, a minority party that polled only 50,000 primary votes out of a nation of 11 million voters won one of the 76 seats in the upper house. Not only that, but the winning party needed 1 more seat for an absolute majority. This means the minority candidate holds the balance of power in the upper house through which all legislation needs to pass to become law!

That is the power of preferential voting.

]]> By: Edward http://www.eddie.com/2004/10/12/later-electoral-college/#comment-165 Edward Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.eddie.com/wp/?p=21#comment-165 Yeah fuck the electoral college! ROCK! Yeah fuck the electoral college! ROCK!

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