At 08/12/2009 05:20 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
..... Then there was the oft-repeated mantra that "the first vote is from the heart, the second vote is from the head". I guess I'm not sophisticated enough to see why every vote shouldn't also be done with the consent of the small intestine and adrenal gland.
Well, no one said it was a good thing, but rather that is how some people (or societies) tend to do things.
While details of the hybrid were evasive, the discussion suggested a first round based on an ordered vote to narrow a large field down to two or three, then one or two FPTP rounds would determine the 50%+1 winner.
I freely admit that I am one of the Luddites who doesn't agree with STV being used in this case for reasons I have already explained. What I didn't understand is why there was a conviction that there will be a huge multiplicity of candidates. We have already spent a fair amount of time defining a nomination and vetting process which should produce a small number of candidates. If we end up with 8 or 9 or 10, that process has dismally failed! Alan