Dunleavy, Patrick, Hopkin, Jonathan and Kippin, Sean (2014) Why all our top parties are doing voters a disservice by cramming the European Parliament ballot papers with the names of ‘no hope’ candidates. Democratic Audit Blog (24 Apr 2014) Blog Entry.
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Abstract
When British voters go to the polls on 22 May to elect MEPs to the European Parliament for another five years, they will face complex ballot papers with large number of candidates on them. The Democratic Audit team explain how the List PR system works and show how all the major parties follow practices that makes the ballot papers far more difficult for voters to understand than they could be.
| Item Type: | Website (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.democraticaudit.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2014 Democratic Audit UK |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Sets: | Collections > Democratic Audit Blog |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2014 15:56 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/57782/ |
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