Comments on: Ukraine: Voting Again - For the New Ones, and Against Them All http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/10/ukraine-voting-again-for-the-new-ones-and-against-them-all/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:56:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: UkrToday http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/10/ukraine-voting-again-for-the-new-ones-and-against-them-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1526732 UkrToday Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:53:19 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=51233#comment-1526732 The CEC did publish the data the number of voters that voted "none of the above" in 2007 was 2.8% More or equally alarming is that 8.7% of voters supported minor parties, who failed to reach the 3% representation threshold, as a result of the system they were disenfranchised and had no say in who should represent them. Whilst voting for "none of the above" may appear to be a popular means of protest it has a serious impact on the distribution of the number of seats each party receives. Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine - Peoples' Self Defence alliance represented 45% of the overall vote in 2007 and managed to secure a majority of the seats in the parliament. A better alternative would be for Ukraine to adopt a preferential "Single Transferable Voting" system where voters number in order of preference their choice of candidates/parties. If their first preference is unable to win representation then their votes are redistributed according to the voters second nominated preference thus ensuring they are represented by someone of their choice. http://fairvote.org The CEC did publish the data the number of voters that voted “none of the above” in 2007 was 2.8%

More or equally alarming is that 8.7% of voters supported minor parties, who failed to reach the 3% representation threshold, as a result of the system they were disenfranchised and had no say in who should represent them.

Whilst voting for “none of the above” may appear to be a popular means of protest it has a serious impact on the distribution of the number of seats each party receives.

Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko and Our Ukraine – Peoples’ Self Defence alliance represented 45% of the overall vote in 2007 and managed to secure a majority of the seats in the parliament.

A better alternative would be for Ukraine to adopt a preferential “Single Transferable Voting” system where voters number in order of preference their choice of candidates/parties. If their first preference is unable to win representation then their votes are redistributed according to the voters second nominated preference thus ensuring they are represented by someone of their choice.

http://fairvote.org

]]> By: Yushchenko Dissolves Parliament (full speech) and the UKL#430 « The 8th Circle http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/10/10/ukraine-voting-again-for-the-new-ones-and-against-them-all/comment-page-1/#comment-1523304 Yushchenko Dissolves Parliament (full speech) and the UKL#430 « The 8th Circle Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:55:45 +0000 http://globalvoicesonline.org/?p=51233#comment-1523304 [...] For Ukrainian bloggers’ reaction see here; for voter reaction on the streets of Kyiv, see the Guardian’s video report (h/t foreign [...] [...] For Ukrainian bloggers’ reaction see here; for voter reaction on the streets of Kyiv, see the Guardian’s video report (h/t foreign [...]

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