not the Electoral College.Hundreds of proposalshave been introduced in Congress to change the process over the years. There's also a multi-state effort called theNational Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which has beenadopted by 17 states and Washington, D,C.That proposal...
Under a revamped electoral system, 40 seats in the LegCo are given to the Election Committee, a group tasked with electing the chief executive of the SAR. Will this change the way the executive branch and the legislative branch of the government work with each other in...
The primary goal of the chapter is to compare and contrast narratives about electoral defeat, developed by twelve parties from three different party systems, in order to investigate whether the changes they introduced after experiencing electoral defeat can be related to how they explain poor ...
The Python project, in the context of debating a governance change, recently put togethera comprehensive survey of project governance and voting procedures, andvoted to move to an elected Steering Committee model. This article attempts to synthesize some of the best practices I have seen used in ...
The party activists may not force their demands on policy change on the party elite, yet they seem to be able to protect thestatus quoand constrain them in specific areas; the anticipation of a backlash makes the party elite much more apprehensive towards employing electoralist strategies and ch...
How can one promote behavioral change needed for this? We argue that one important factor is the perception of collective decisions as legitimate. Therefore, this paper investigates how legitimacy can be enhanced through democratic mechanisms, particularly the voting method applied (Helbing et al., ...
We can, of course, only take educated guesses. However, here are some of the ways that Sora may change things, for better or worse. Short-term implications of OpenAI Sora Let’s first take a look at the direct, short-term impacts we might see from Sora in the wake of its (lik...
When asked about climate change, Kamala Harris sings the praises of Joe Biden's signature climate change legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act, saying “I'm proud that we have invested a trillion dollars in a clean energy economy as we have also increased domestic oil an...
it appears that the inclusion of this question on the ballot is an attempt to enshrine in the Constitution provisions that exist now only in statutes, which would make them much more difficult to change should political control of the legislature and the legislative process shift from its current...
If you sign the forms but later change your mind you have a 14-day cooling-off period. This means you can cancel the agreement without giving a reason why. If you have borrowed any money you will need to pay it back, along with any applicable interest. ...