#ElectoralAmendmentBill
The core fault is having individuals on the same PR ballot as parties.
@IECSouthAfrica partly recognised this in June, when they (correctly) said that #Proportionality requires separate PR and #Constituency ballots.
But, they fail to follow their own /
The core fault is having individuals on the same PR ballot as parties.
@IECSouthAfrica partly recognised this in June, when they (correctly) said that #Proportionality requires separate PR and #Constituency ballots.
But, they fail to follow their own /
reasoning in respect of Provincial Legislatures.
They propose a PR ballot for the #NationalAssembly, and sub-national regional ballots, which allow #IndependentCandidates to stand.
But with no way to do the same for prov legislatures, they just IGNORE the constitutional fault.
They propose a PR ballot for the #NationalAssembly, and sub-national regional ballots, which allow #IndependentCandidates to stand.
But with no way to do the same for prov legislatures, they just IGNORE the constitutional fault.
The @IECSouthAfrica further undermine the (correct) reasoning of their proposal by using both the regional AND the PR ballots for the overall PR calculations.
Essentially, they preserve some of the disproportionality of the regional ballots.
This tends to favour large parties,/
Essentially, they preserve some of the disproportionality of the regional ballots.
This tends to favour large parties,/
as well as partly DISENFRANCHISING all who vote for #IndependentCandidates.
The quality of reasoning used to justify these positions is disappointing.
The quality of reasoning used to justify these positions is disappointing.
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