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	Electoral Reform Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was founded in January 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society by John Lubbock, the name was changed to Electoral Reform Society in 1958.
		The ERS was founded in January 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society by John Lubbock.
		In 1983 the Society was recognised by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a Non-Governmental Organisation with Consultative Status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Electoral_Reform_Society (403 words)

	Canadian Electoral Reform
		The recommendation to adopt a new electoral system was put to the voters in a referendum question at the May 2005 provincial election.
		When the votes were counted, however, 64% of the PEI electorate voted against the proposal; only 2 of the 27 ridings saw a majority in favour of electoral change.
		The other 40% of the electorate were left with no direct representation of their policy interests in the legislature.
	www.sfu.ca /~aheard/elections/reform.html (2741 words)

	Electoral Reform Society
		The Electoral Reform Society is part of the Make Votes Count coalition, a happy family of campaigners united by the desire to see reform.
		The Electoral Reform Society is a membership organisation which campaigns for improvements in our democracy, particularly through the use of better voting systems.
		The Electoral Reform Society is playing an active part in the campaign to win a referendum on changing the voting system for Westminster.
	www.electoral-reform.org.uk (694 words)

	BALLOT PROCESS
		2.6 That the Electoral Reform Society be appointed to carry out the ballot of tenants and leaseholders for the sum of £20,826 (noting the minor variance depending on the ballot turnout), and that the Sub Committee records its approval in accordance with paragraph 9 of the Council's Standing Orders relating to the engagement of consultants.
		The quotation received for the work from the Electoral Reform Society is £20,826 and is based on a 75% turnout.
		It is normal for the Electoral Reform Society to be able to identify individual ballot papers in order to exclude those returned from individuals who move or buy their home, or die during the ballot process.
	www.bathnes.gov.uk /committee_papers/Council/co980916/9cballot.htm (1429 words)

	Electoral Reform Society - Electoral Reform
		The Electoral Reform Society is a pressure group based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform.
		It was founded in January 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society and the name was changed to Electoral Reform Society in 1958.
		The society has actively campaigns for the use of the Single Transferable Vote in general elections.
	electoralreform.wikia.com /wiki/Electoral_Reform_Society (366 words)

	British e-voting trial fails - pressetext.deutschland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The assessment of the e-voting trials has been published in a report by the Electoral Reform Society http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/publications/briefings/pilotingalternativevotingmethods.htm.
		In addition to voting by mail, the Electoral Reform Society recommends three measures to attract voters: Political parties should come up with clearer and more positive campaigns, the government should provide more information on elections, and the electoral system should be changed to make every vote count.
		The Electoral Reform Society would like to see the introduction of a proportional voting system that does away with secure seats and gives each vote more meaning.
	www.pressetext.com /pte.mc?pte=030624030 (274 words)

	Simplified Spelling Society : News Sheet 5 pt2.
		Before the middle of last year while engaged in the preparations for the conference and the annual general meeting I became aware that the Chairman had (as is provided in section 6 ELECTIONS of the Constitution) not activated the election procedures.
		I thought no more about this until after the annual general meeting when I was distressed to receive from the Ballots Officer of the Electoral Reform Society the original of a letter to him from Mr R. Lawler, a member of our committee, which stated that I had 'mislaid' a nomination which he had made.
		There have been no dissentients from the view that the Society should have two journals: one (NEW SHEET) entirely devoted to internal news of the Society; the other made up of authoritative articles, papers, etc. related to some aspect of simplified spelling which would aim at a wide general circulation, inside and outside the Society.
	www.spellingsociety.org /news/ns/ns5pt2.php (2378 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		The scandal was uncovered by adjudicators from Electoral Reform Ballot Services, the society's monitoring body, who noticed that the papers were completed in the same handwriting and that some had no identifying serial numbers.
		Ken Ritchie, the society's chief executive, said: "In preparing to conduct the count of the election of the society's council, staff in the Electoral Reform Ballot Services noticed that a significant number of ballot papers appeared to have been completed in the same handwriting and that some of these papers had their serial numbers removed."
		He confirmed that some of the papers were probably forgeries and that "the society was unable to confirm that all ballot papers returned to the ERBS had been properly issued".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/07/16/nele16.xml (574 words)

	Nunneley under attack again - The Money Bag
		The Electoral Reform Society is a charity with a reputation for enlightened policies with regard to ballots.
		Electoral Reform Services Ltd is the company which provides services to organisations in relation to the conduct of ballots.
		Electoral Reform Services is a subsidiary of the Electoral Reform Society, so this seems unlikely.
	www.themoneybag.com /vb/showthread.php?t=7704 (1218 words)

	PR Library: PR Web Sites
		Electoral Reform Society Founded in England in 1884, the ERS is the longest continuous PR organization.
		Proportional Representation Society of Australia Like the ERS, this organization is a long established proponent of PR, especially the single transferable vote (called "Hare Clark quota preferential voting").
		International IDEA (International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) is located in Stockholm and its overall objective is to promote and advance sustainable democracy world-wide and to improve and consolidate electoral processes.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /acad/polit/damy/PRWebSites/PRWebSites.htm (823 words)

	Wales on the Web: The Political process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Electoral Reform for Local Government in Wales is part of the Electoral Reform Society.
		The Electoral Reform Society has studied many voting systems, and concludes that STV would be the way forward for local government elections in Wales.
		The Electoral Commission was established in order to 'increase public confidence in the democratic process within the United Kingdom - and encourage people to take part - by modernising the electoral process, promoting public awareness of electoral matters, and regulating political parties'.
	www.walesontheweb.org /cayw/index/en/324/9 (1097 words)

	farrell3.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The coincidence of electoral instability, and the regional and EC debates, meant that electoral reform was high on the political agenda.
		Kellner suggests that the earlier support for electoral reform was, to an extent, due to the hypothetical nature of the question, and that this changed closer to polling day as voters became aware of the real possibility of electoral reform depending on the electoral result.
		However, the most significant reason why electoral reform does not appear on the American political agenda seems to be a basic lack of interest on the part of the voters (and presumably by implication, the elite).
	janda.org /c24/Readings/Farrell/Farrell2.htm (8441 words)

	The Electoral Reform Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Society was founded in 1884 as the Proportional Representation Society.
		The Society seeks to secure the adoption of the Single Transferable Vote in elections in the British Isles and elsewhere, for parliaments, for provincial, regional and local authorities, and for other public and semi-public bodies.
		The Society is managed by a Council, which is elected annually.
	www.cix.co.uk /~rosenstiel/stvrules/ers.htm (205 words)

	Electoral Reform
		For all the talk of electoral reforms the proposals of the reformist camp would be not in any way change the undemocratic nature of electing the government of the United Kingdom.
		The Alternative Vote allows the electorate to vote 1,2,3....for the candidate in order of preference, thus if one candidate does not receive the required 50% of the vote, the votes cast for those aspirants with least support are redistributed until one candidate reaches the elusive 50% mark.
		Many local councillors, elected on a manifesto of false promises, proceed to feather their own nests and those of their political parties at the expense of the electorate, most of whom, alas, are too politically illiterate to understand the intricacies of local government and the corruption within.
	www.thirdway.org /files/articles/electref.html (2457 words)

	British-Yemeni Society: Civic education project in the Hadhramaut, by Fida Nasrallah
		The way forward was to commission an attitudinal survey targeted at both men and women in order to assess the extent of people’s knowledge of the electoral process in general and the 27th April election in particular, and design and implement the voter education campaign in its light.
		The immediate objectives of the survey were to evaluate voters’ attitudes towards women’s participation in the elections in that Governorate in particular; to create an accurate picture of local conditions; and to prepare the ground for design and launching of the voter education campaign.
		Thus whilst quantitative participation in the electoral process is doubtless necessary in order to increase the legitimacy and relevance of the electoral process, in the middle and long terms an increase in qualitative participation is of utmost importance to Yemen in order to strengthen the democratic process.
	www.al-bab.com /bys/articles/nasrallah.htm (1222 words)

	In Memory of Enid Lakeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Her great grandfather campaigned for the Reform Bill in the 1830s and her maternal grandmother was a London School Board election candidate in 1879 and a member of the Proportional Representation Society.
		She checked electoral registration entries prior to 1918 and was one of only two women service personnel to stand as parliamentary candidates in 1945.
		She promoted the Society's case for the single transferable vote (e.g., preference voting) whenever an opportunity presented itself, at meetings, by written articles, and letters to the press.
	www.fairvote.org /reports/1995/chp7/zimmerman.html (471 words)

	Electoral Reform Society of South Australia (SA Branch of PRSA): Membership Application Form
		Electoral Reform Society of South Australia (SA Branch of PRSA): Membership Application Form
		THE ELECTORAL REFORM SOCIETY OF (South Australian Branch of the Proportional Representation Society of
		Proportional Representation Society of Australia, of which the Electoral Reform Society of South Australia is the South Australian Branch.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~prsa/contact/p5_erssa.htm (128 words)

	Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform - Related links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Electoral Change Coalition of British Columbia: This body in interested in changing the electoral system for BC and attempts to show what the results of elections in BC would have been if past elections had been run under different systems.
		The Electoral Reform Society in Britain is a membership organisation that campaigns for improvements in democracy, particularly through the use of better voting systems.
		Student Vote 2004 is a Canada-wide initiative working to build a habit of electoral and community participation among students through the operation of student elections that parallel the federal election.
	www.citizensassembly.bc.ca /public/learning_resources/other_links (1313 words)

	Thomson Nelson - Political Science -Government and Politics on the Web/Introduction to International Politics
		There are many different ways of conducting elections and translating the votes cast by the electorate into seats in the legislature.
		An informative description of the New Zealand MMP electoral system is provided by the New Zealand government.
		The sample NZ ballot is useful to look at in order to understand the two votes each elector now has. In 2001, the New Zealand Parliament released a report on the country's experience with the MMP system.
	polisci.nelson.com /electsys.html (1238 words)

	June 1999 QN1999B
		The turnout in Northern Ireland, a single electoral district, was 48.7%, whereas the turnout in the other multi-member districts in the UK ranged from 19.6% in the North West district to 27.8% in the South West district.
		It is limited to the electorate having the opportunity, once every five years, to change the colour of the government.
		To justify such arbitrary authority, party has to be more representative of the electorate, not just in the crude sense of seats and votes being proportional, but as a more comprehensive reflection of the attitudes and views of voters at large.
	www.prsa.org.au /qn/1999b.html (3058 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Section 28 campaigners defiant
		The group, backed by Stagecoach millionaire Brian Souter, has been denied the services of the Electoral Reform Society in its attempt to run a poll on plans to change legislation governing teaching on homosexuality in Scottish schools.
		Campaign director Jack Irvine described the society's decision as a "minor irritation" and accused it of bowing to political pressure - an allegation which the society strongly denied.
		But the Electoral Reform Society cited doubts over the guidelines as the main reason why its balloting operation, Electoral Reform Services, had refused to get involved.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/697658.stm (473 words)

	Pr Society - uk - netutopia
		Founded in 1935, the Prehistoric Society's interests are world wide and extend from the earliest human origins to the emergence of written records.
		The Electoral Reform Society is a membership organisation which campaigns for the strengthening of our democracy through changes to the voting system and electoral arrangements.
		The Electoral Reform Society is playing an active part in the campaign to win a referendum on changing...
	www.netutopia.com /pr-society.htm (246 words)

	The Carter Centre U.K. - Partners in Peacemaking and Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Electoral Reform International Services is a division of the Electoral Reform Society of Great Britain, founded in 1884, and provides electoral and democratisation assistance internationally
		The EC Bilateral Election Programme in Liberia seeks to engage with Liberian citizens, civil society organisations, political parties, and the National Electoral Committee to ensure a credible, inclusive, and transparent process that will be accepted by the major stakeholders.
		Democracy resource officers are stationed in each resource centre and are working closely with local representatives of the National Electoral Committee, civil society organisations, and political parties to ensure the widespread distribution of high-quality voter education materials.
	www.cartercenter.org /aboutus/showdoc.asp?docname=ukpartners&submenu=aboutus (547 words)

	Europhobia: Yet more electoral reform stuff
		I was at that meeting at the Commons last night run by the Electoral Reform Society, and in the pub afterwards for the freaky experience of meeting a few other Britbloggers in the flesh.
		It was interesting, attempted to be realistic, had some bizarre moments, and Committee Room 14 (where I once had the fun of shaking Gorbachev by the hand, and where the Parliamentary Labour Party did their best show of loyalty to Blair earlier in the day) was packed to the rafters.
		In PR systems there is a fairer link between the choices of the electorate and the allegience of parliamentary representatives, but it is the parties who choose the representatives and therefore demand loyalty (even more so than our system) and minor parties can have undue influence when no major party has overall control.
	europhobia.blogspot.com /2005/05/yet-more-electoral-reform-stuff.html (2616 words)

	Law Commission of Canada :: Research Projects :: Electoral Reform :: Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The objective at this stage is to identify procedural lessons for Canada in terms of generating public knowledge, interest and options regarding electoral reform.
		Guided by the notion that fundamental reform to a democratic institution must be publicly inclusive, the forum will bring together a variety of interests with the goal of soliciting their input on the issue of electoral reform.
		The second portion of the forum will be a facilitated discussion and feedback session, wherein the constituencies are asked for their opinions on how best to generate interest and engagement on electoral reform within their respective "communities".
	www.lcc.gc.ca /research_project/gr/er/resources/partnership-en.asp (538 words)

	Nelson - Political Science-Government and Politics on the Web/Electoral Systems
		A number of groups and individuals are campaigning for the reform of the electoral system in Canada, Britain, and the U.S. All advocate moving to some form of proportional representation.
		Charter88 - a group campaigning for broad democratic reform in the U.K. Consult their Guide to Voting Systems for an explanation of different electoral systems.
		The sample NZ ballot is useful to look at in order to understand the two votes each elector now has.
	www.nelson.com /nelson/polisci/electsys.html (1079 words)

	Make My Vote Count
		It is only because the electoral system tends to produce such a false geographic divide, under-representing Tory voters in Scotland and Wales and Labour voters in southern England, that you get into this situation in the first place.
		LCER, MVC and ERS are hosting a joint ‘break-out session’ on electoral reform at the Conference and will also be running a stall during the day.
		The Electoral Systems Bill (also known as the Electoral Choice Bill), is being re-introduced by David Chaytor MP into the Commons on Wednesday 14 June as a Ten Minute Rule Bill.
	www.makemyvotecount.org.uk /news.html (1735 words)

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