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Citizen #22:
Miestrâ Schivâ | > > > I am leaning towards supporting the Senate because I agree long-serving Talossans should have a respected place in the Constitution
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> > If that were the purpose of a senate, I would consider changing my position. But as long as it is a second layer for representing people based on where they live, I think it is entirely unnecessary.
> But we need a method of election for the Senate, so I think that representing the provinces might fit.
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> If you have another idea, I am game !
How about the Single Transferable Vote system, as used in Ireland, Australia and the former Free Commonwealth of Penguinea. A preferential vote to fill multiple seats, in other words.
You've all seen how preferential voting works to fill one position - losing candidates are eliminated and their votes given to their second preferences. The differences to fill, say, a three-person Senate would be:
a) a candidate need to get at least a quarter of first-preference votes to win;
b) not only the votes of losing candidates, but the "surplus" votes of winning candidates (that is, any votes more than they needed to win), get distributed.
Deet has experience of how this works. As it stands, I prefer the provincial representation idea solely because it's easier to understand. But, here's an opening for debate.
Miestrâ Schivâ
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