The
single transferable vote system's biggest flaw lies in its ability to allow rich independents to contest Senate elections and shower money on a small group of voters to get them past the finish line.
The system of NOTA makes the system of proportional representation by means of
single transferable vote nugatory and otiose and cannot be made applicable in the Rajya Sabha elections," it added.
As reported in the wake of the election, the ERS argues the use of the
Single Transferable Vote would have resulted in a radically different election result.
This gives a similar result to the
single transferable vote without the complexity for the voting public and without party lists or multiple member constituencies.
Therefore we should use a system of proportional representation, either
single transferable vote or the list system with multi- member constituencies of between five and seven members.
It is a shame that we do not elect our councillors in Wales and England using the
single transferable vote system, as they do in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The Standing Committee voted by
single transferable vote - the method agreed by the Anglican Consultative Council for all its elections - and the name of Dr Morgan emerged.
The
single transferable vote system is used, whereby voters rank their choices.
There are a few options you may explore -
single transferable vote, a pure PR list system and AV plus all have merits - but one thing is guaranteed, you would never choose FPTP.
If we are to have electoral reform it must be to a proportional system, either the
single transferable vote or an additional member (AM) system whereby the imbalances created by the first past the post system are adjusted.