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Quarantine Tuesday Reading Kaffeeklatsch - 10/13/2020
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KateNZ wrote: "But the system is actually pretty simple to operate and count (unlike some other proportional representation systems). Everyone gets two ticks. One vote for a local MP. And one vote for the party of your choice - with the party vote determining the overall number of seats in Parliament that the party will get. The proportionality is pretty accurate overall. ..."Thank you for this explanation. I really want proportional representation (sorry, I know I'm repeating myself!)
Early in person voting starts in NY on Saturday. It's only the 2nd year I think they have had early in person and last year it wasn't heavily used - because most of us didn't fully realize it. My early voting polling place is the same location as on Election Day. Usually the polling place has to accommodate 5 or 6 different districts. As they had to move our polling place because it was originally in a nursing home (not the best location during a pandemic, hmmmm?), I'm not sure if those 5 or 6 districts from the nursing home location are now smushed in with several others at the high school now designated. I'll be finding out.
I'm not sure in truth how bad the lines will be. I'm in the Columbia University, Manhattan School of Music, Union Theological Seminary, and Jewish Theological Seminary area, which of course are all closed and have been since March, to in person anything. It could actually be less crowded than normal.
My plan is to check it out on Saturday and just get it overwith. But if bad lines, I'll go durng the following week on a weekday.
Johanne wrote: "Also - you once had to pay to vote?? How long ago was that? I mean until 1915 you had to own your own property to vote in Denmark, which is sort of similar. ..."Here's a WIKIPEDIA article about it.
It was used mostly in those states that were originally part of the Confederacy. BUT ... other states also had poll tax, including Connecticut, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. It was abolished in 1964 with the ratification of the 24th Amendment to the Constitution.
Thanks for the info. Glad it's abolished. It's a very effective voter suppression tool.
Does NZ have proportional representation? I really really want there here in Canada. Every vote would actually count for something and the parties would have to work together.