by Cimino | 1 Sep 2014 | Coalition democratisation, MMP
It might be politicians maintaining the miracle It has happened only once. That the people, rather than the politicians, of an established democracy have led the change to a more proportional system. In fact, Aotearoa in 1993 elected to change from a sometimes...
by Cimino | 1 Jul 2014 | MMP
Undemocratic, unnecessary and now, in Germany, unconstitutional. In last month’s European Parliamentary elections, most member countries, and for the first time that included Germany, faced no explicit electoral threshold. In February, Germany’s top court had found a...
by Cimino | 25 Oct 2013 | Concurrent elections, Election turnout, MMP, Online, STV
Another local body election, and another uninformed swipe at STV. While it is probable that the at-large, single-transferable-vote, district health board elections are the single biggest reason only a third of Aucklanders returned their ballots, the explanations for...
by Cimino | 16 Nov 2012 | Global democracy
It was always going to be unprecedentedly, diabolically difficult. That is, the challenge of fundamentally re-powering civilisation with fossil-fuel-free technologies whilst simultaneously drastically curtailing the use of fossil fuels. Logically, the longer the...
by Cimino | 9 Sep 2012 | Coalition democratisation, MMP
Cure for ills of democracy is smarter democracy As submitted 7 September to MMP Review, except where noted Aotearoa is still very near to having the world’s smartest electoral system. If, as is entirely probable, the Electoral Commission’s proposals become its...
by Cimino | 15 Aug 2012 | MMP, Online
Labour has just been handed a third potentially pivotal gift. Eighty years ago, the preoccupation of the United and Reform coalition predecessor of the National Party with balancing the books led to real unemployment reaching 30%, to food riots, and to the election,...
