The influence the fake-Greens have gained makes a mockery of the electoral & parliamentary system. Is there a case to be made for removing the second ballot paper so that a single vote covers both constituency and list choices? It would stop this tactical use of second votes for a party that is SNP in all but name, which the system was n…
The influence the fake-Greens have gained makes a mockery of the electoral & parliamentary system. Is there a case to be made for removing the second ballot paper so that a single vote covers both constituency and list choices? It would stop this tactical use of second votes for a party that is SNP in all but name, which the system was not designed to cope with (and other parties could in theory exploit it).
Voters shouldn't be able to second guess themselves. Voting for two parties makes no sense, unless we're going to move to a properly proportional system.
The influence the fake-Greens have gained makes a mockery of the electoral & parliamentary system. Is there a case to be made for removing the second ballot paper so that a single vote covers both constituency and list choices? It would stop this tactical use of second votes for a party that is SNP in all but name, which the system was not designed to cope with (and other parties could in theory exploit it).
Voters shouldn't be able to second guess themselves. Voting for two parties makes no sense, unless we're going to move to a properly proportional system.