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September 27, 2004

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Hong Kong's voting system

The Webb Site has a good review of the faults and problems with the Hare Proportional Representative voting system that is used in Hong Kong's LegCo elections. The current system favours "short [party] lists, 1-person lists and lunatics". The recent results bare that out. Well worth a read.

 posted by Simon on 09.27.04 at 11:37 AM in the




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it may not be the best system in the world, but at least you're not forced to vote here, unlike some 3rd world countries.

 posted by: giles on 09.27.04 at 12:05 PM [permalink]




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