Since its seems difficult to get voting reforms in, and it is often half baked.

Maybe there should be a dedicated government ministry for consulting with professors and academic experts in optimising and increasing the fairness of election.

A dedicated department will be better able to propose new laws and reforms that would often be stymied by political infighting
-- mofosyne, Nov 05 2015

Election reform is a fanciful notion. As any elected government will maintain the process by which it got elected, I don't see how this changes.
-- tatterdemalion, Nov 06 2015


The only chance would be for the people to vote the old system out. I suggest that if there were an election where (in the US, this is) the two major parties can't muster a majority between them, that would indicate that the people are sick of the whole deal and want change. See voteotherproject.wordpress.com for more.
-- smendler, Nov 06 2015


In Canada, newly elected Prime Minister Trudeau is effectively doing exactly this, though only temporarily—he's committed to implementing their recommended reforms by a specific date, after which they'll disband.
-- notexactly, Nov 09 2015



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