Content Categorized with "Europe"
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Czech Republic Holds First Popular Election for President
- Posted: January 30, 2013
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
On January 26, Czech citizens had the chance to directly elect their president for the first time since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. They used a national popular vote with a majority runoff to do it.
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Putin Orders Return to Parallel Electoral System for Russian Duma
- Posted: January 7, 2013
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, International Elections, Home, Elections Worldwide
Do not be fooled by Vladimir Putin's claims that the reintroduction of single-member, winner-take-all seats to the Russian Duma will be a step towards a fairer and freer democracy in Russia. It is instead a step towards the continuation of one-party rule.
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Ukrainian Elections Are Another Example of Partisan Bias Caused by Winner-Take-All
- Posted: November 26, 2012
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Home, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Think the U.S. House elections had a structural bias in favor of one party? The partisan bias in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, held just a week before the American elections, was even worse.
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France May Introduce a Little Bit of Proportional Representation to its Legislative Elections
- Posted: November 12, 2012
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Home
Proportional representation may be coming to the French legislature--or at least 10% of it.
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Putin's United Russia Wins Resounding Victories in Local Elections
- Posted: October 18, 2012
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Ranked Choice Voting, Europe, International Elections, Home, Elections Worldwide
As the results of Russia's October 14 local elections show, the rumors of United Russia's death have been greatly exaggerated. But did Vladimir Putin's party manipulate Russia's electoral laws to keep power?
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Opposition Parties Win First Round of Lithuanian Elections
- Posted: October 17, 2012
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, International Elections, Home, Elections Worldwide
Lithuania's conservative government is likely to be toppled following a defeat in the October 14 national elections. Lithuania uses a combination of open list proportional representation and a winner-take-all runoff system based on geographic constituencies to elect its legislature.
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Electing Lords: A Unique Opportunity for Electoral Reform in the British Upper House
- Posted: July 31, 2012
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Reforms, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Home, Elections Worldwide
A lordship, by its very definition, has historically not been an elected office. But there is a strong movement in the British House of Commons to transform the upper house of the British parliament, the House of Lords, into a largely elected body based on proportional representation. This reform is long overdue.
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France Elects a New President: Analysis and Five Notable Facts
- Posted: May 7, 2012
- Author(s): Hüseyin Koyuncu, Rob Richie
- Categories: Europe, Presidential Elections, FairVote, Elections Worldwide
France elected a new president on May 6 in a majority runoff in which Francois Hollande defeated incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy. FairVote's director and FairVote intern Huseyin Koyuncu, a French student from Sciences Po, report on the election and five notable facts about how France votes.
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French Elections: Preview of May 6 Runoff
- Posted: May 4, 2012
- Author(s): Hüseyin Koyuncu
- Categories: Europe, Home, Elections Worldwide
The French presidential election of 2012 is the 10th presidential election in the 5th Republic and the 9th election by direct universal suffrage. The winner will serve a term of five years. The first round was held on April 22 and the runoff will take place on Sunday, May 6.
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Learning a Lesson from Egypt's Universal Voter Registration
- Posted: December 7, 2011
- Author(s): Elise Helgesen
- Categories: Europe, Middle East and Africa, Universal Voter Registration, Home
Egypt recently began the process of electing members to its People's Assembly. Egypt's parliamentary elections provide an example for the United States worth taking note. Egypt uses a system of universal voter registration, which helped bring large numbers of voters to the polls. FairVote believes this type of universal voter registration would modernize and improve the type of voter registration in American elections.