YN's Voting System

[Welskerland]

What voting systems are used in your nation?

Welskerland uses instant run-off voting at both national and local levels, though there have been talks about switching to a different voting system.

I included a poll, please do suggest any other voting systems to add in case I've missed any.

[Kirislavia]

Kirislavia uses first-past-the-post in its district elections for People's Council (though it should be noted that, since we are a single-party state, voters only choose between multiple Communist Party candidates).

Elections within the People's Council (i.e. selection of party members to fill certain posts) are generally determined by approval voting.

[British West Zuzunia]

All Zuzunians vote on everything, and if there is any confusion about the will of the people, it is clarified by the great politicians Molotov and Kalashnikov!

[Pavonistade]

The first-past-the-post system is used for Pavonistadian presidential and legislative elections.

[Imperial States America]

For local, and state offices one must be rich, a male, white, and own land otherwise you can't get on the ballet. After getting on the ballet a citizen will choose only once then whoever has the most votes wins although only the people who the Emperor likes ever wins. Now on the federal level only members of the super elite can attain office with federal levels a candidate must raise the most money from the citizens with no regards as to how little money they may have then the Emperor will choose who wins by who gives him the most money. And to become Emperor you must be part of the Royal Family as such when the Emperor dies his oldest daughter Amber will ascend to her fathers throne even though she is a woman living in a mans world she and her sisters are the only women allowed to serve in office. But when the Emperor dies he will be crowned the Eternal Emperor which only the first Emperor of the ISA can hold. And he still will be in charge even though he has passed on.

[Populi-Terrae]

Populi-Terrae uses first-past-the post voting in which the citizens are given one ballot with the candidate's name on it. The voter can either choose to mark the ballot or leave it blank, signifying their opposition to the candidate. This system is used on both the federal and local level.

[Union of Socialist Alpine Republics]

First past the post will be used for the first elections since the recent creation of the Union of Socialist Alpine Republics.

[Pherdistan]

No PR as an option?

Anyways, the national Parliament uses list PR, with each province serving as a multi-seat constituency. Seats are allocated by the d'Hondt method. In addition, supplementary seats are added at the national level, similar to an open-ended form of Denmark's electoral system. 200 MPs are elected from regional lists, and 20 were selected from a national list in the most recent election, in 2014.

Lists are open, with each voter getting as many preference votes as there are candidates on the list. 10 candidates, 10 votes. Not marking the ballot assumes one vote for each member. Preference votes only rarely come into play, and are usually used only for highly charismatic and influential local politicians who didn't have the clout nationally to get a good spot on the list.

Provincial assemblies use MMP, with the PR aspects the same as those mentioned for Parliament. Constituencies follow two-round voting, where the top two finishers go in to a second round between the two of them, with the majority candidate winning election.

At the departmental level, candidates are elected to individual commissions. So, the Commissioner of Finance, Education, etc would each be separate races throughout the department. These councils usually have 7 to 9 commissioners, including an elected High Commissioner. Elections for these positions are made using the two-round system as well.

District councils consist of 3 to 5 councillors, elected using a two-round system from single member constituencies.

The two major different groups are the changelings and the Pegasi, in terms of voting systems.

The changelings are composed of "hives" of a few thousand changelings living communally. Each hive sends one delegate, elected by a voice vote with a unanimous victory threshold. Additional rounds by exhaustive ballot are held as necessary, although most votes don't get past the second or third round. There are 159 hives presently.

The Pegasi are divided up by military installation, with each unit being given a delegate to a national 41-member council. Commanders are appointed by the Grand Marshal, the pegasi leader, and take the form of a retention election with a bare majority needed to remain in office. If an officer is not retained, they are demoted to a lower rank and a replacement appointed.

[Welskerland]

No PR as an option?

Anyways, the national Parliament uses list PR, with each province serving as a multi-seat constituency. Seats are allocated by the d'Hondt method. In addition, supplementary seats are added at the national level, similar to an open-ended form of Denmark's electoral system. 200 MPs are elected from regional lists, and 20 were selected from a national list in the most recent election, in 2014.

Lists are open, with each voter getting as many preference votes as there are candidates on the list. 10 candidates, 10 votes. Not marking the ballot assumes one vote for each member. Preference votes only rarely come into play, and are usually used only for highly charismatic and influential local politicians who didn't have the clout nationally to get a good spot on the list.

Provincial assemblies use MMP, with the PR aspects the same as those mentioned for Parliament. Constituencies follow two-round voting, where the top two finishers go in to a second round between the two of them, with the majority candidate winning election.

At the departmental level, candidates are elected to individual commissions. So, the Commissioner of Finance, Education, etc would each be separate races throughout the department. These councils usually have 7 to 9 commissioners, including an elected High Commissioner. Elections for these positions are made using the two-round system as well.

District councils consist of 3 to 5 councillors, elected using a two-round system from single member constituencies.

The two major different groups are the changelings and the Pegasi, in terms of voting systems.

The changelings are composed of "hives" of a few thousand changelings living communally. Each hive sends one delegate, elected by a voice vote with a unanimous victory threshold. Additional rounds by exhaustive ballot are held as necessary, although most votes don't get past the second or third round. There are 159 hives presently.

The Pegasi are divided up by military installation, with each unit being given a delegate to a national 41-member council. Commanders are appointed by the Grand Marshal, the pegasi leader, and take the form of a retention election with a bare majority needed to remain in office. If an officer is not retained, they are demoted to a lower rank and a replacement appointed.

What does PR stand for?

[Pherdistan]

PR stands for Proportional Representation. It's a system of voting in which seats are allocated proportionally to represent what voters want.

I was referring specifically to Party List PR, where each political party in an election submits a list of candidates, which voters then vote for. Note that some other systems, such as MMP and STV, are usually classified as PR.

Wiki page:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proport ... esentation

Also, I would suggest adding Parallel Voting (should be in the above), as well as the option to choose more than one, since some nations use several voting systems at different levels of government.

[Welskerland]

PR stands for Proportional Representation. It's a system of voting in which seats are allocated proportionally to represent what voters want.

I was referring specifically to Party List PR, where each political party in an election submits a list of candidates, which voters then vote for. Note that some other systems, such as MMP and STV, are usually classified as PR.

Wiki page:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proport ... esentation

Also, I would suggest adding Parallel Voting (should be in the above), as well as the option to choose more than one, since some nations use several voting systems at different levels of government.

Added to poll. If it becomes necessary, I may have to combine several of them into simply PR, instead of having just Party List, MMP and STV.

[Eclius]

Eclius' electoral system is quite unconventional tbh. Like Romans, we hate dictators, even if they are elected (Caesar of Eclius is symbolic, the A.I. doesn't really hold a lot of political power). Thus, the power is divided between three consuls. Essentially, during time of election (a term in Eclius is 5 years, max term is 3), each party sends two candidates (candidates are selected by the party's supporters in primaries) to debate with candidates from other parties. A debate session is divided into two (and sometimes three), with one candidate randomly selected from each party to debate in session one, while rest debate in session two (or two and three). When electing, a voter has three votes, one for each candidate (individuals may choose to give one vote to each candidate of one political party. We have had cases where two consuls are from a same party. Which is fine, because some decisions require an unanimous vote of all three consuls), the candidates with most votes will win, with their parties ruling majority in senate of Eclius (Eclius is derived from Rome, but our electoral system is not exactly the same). All votes can be done electronically or by paper (in Eclius, individuals do have the right to ask for paper votes). If four candidates gets approximately the same vote (with max difference between highest and lowest by 2.5%), then the candidate with lowest vote (only if the vote is <2.5% from the largest), then the candidates becomes a "honorary observer", and will be given a seat in inner sanctum (which is composed of three consuls, observers and other top advisors). The cabinet members will be picked by the senate of Eclius (through senatorial vote) rather than by consuls themselves.

Exceptions: if a consul gets impeached by the senate of Eclius (which actually never happened), then each party will only send in one candidates and the winner is among them. During times of war, Augustus Program (Caesar A.I. of Eclius) will activate the "Imperator" mode, and will assume absolute power (but it will be switched off after)

[Thermodolia]

On the Federal Level: Party List PR is used when voting for members of the National Assembly, while STV is used to elect the Federal Senate. The President is elected using a two round system.

On the Republican Level: All Republics are able to set their own form of voting system and use it at every level within the Republic. For the legislature: two republics have a PR voting system, one has a STV system, and another one has first-past-the-post. Only one republic has an upper chamber and uses IRV when voting for it. For the executive: in three republics the head of government is voted in by the respective legislatures, in the last republic the head of government is also the head of state and is voted in by IRV, in two republic the head of state is voted in by IRV.

On the Provincial Level: All States, Territories, Districts, and Military Administrative Zones use IRV when voting for any legislature and first-past-the-post when voting for the executive branch.

On the Local Level: All local elections are done in the same way as their respective province, or they are done in a different way legislated by that province for local elections.

[Wataniah]

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[Alizeria]

Alizeria currently uses First Past the Post to elect members to represent 160 single-member constituencies. There are currently calls for that number to be reduced to 100, and support for Mixed Member Proportional Representation is growing rapidly - mainly as a result of disillusionment with the two main parties.

[Nortainland]

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Lay vestrymen of a parish vestry are elected by all parishioners living in a parish by the multiple-non-transferable-vote. The churchwardens also are automatically part of the vestry, as well as the parish vicar or rector, who is the chairman of the vestry.

Borough council aldermen are elected by all ratepayers of a chartered borough by parish using the system of first-past-the-post. The mayor is then elected by the aldermen. In effect, a borough council is the combination of the parish vestries, usually between one to five parishes which themselves cease to convene, inside a borough.

Members of Parliament are elected through one or two methods, depending on the type of constituency they represent. Borough, university and Royal constituencies are elected using the Alternative Vote system. County constituencies are elected using the 'first-past-the-post' system.

Lords of the House of the Most Noble Peers are not elected and are hereditary. Lords of the House of the Lords Spiritual, being the Archbishops, Bishops and senior Abbots of Great Nortend are also not elected and are appointed in the procedure of the Church.

[Hashitoro]

In State and Federal Lower house elections, we use Preferential voting (IRV for you guys outside Australia)
In City Council elections, Open list PR is used
In State and Federal Upper house election, Hare-Clark STV is used (Australia version of STV)

[Grande Impero]

In the Imperium, the only voting done is for the Concilium. Each position has different methods.

Note: A term is three years.

High Consiliarius: Elected by other members of the Concilium, must have had served three terms in any other position prior. Duration: three terms or until voted out.
Consiliarius Salutis: Appointed by High Consiliarius, must have had prior experience in Imperial Healthcare. Duration: two terms or until succeed.
Consiliarius de Agriculture: Appointed by High Consiliarius, must have served as a Ducis for a year. Duration: one term or until succeeded.
Repraesentativum Inquisition: Appointed by Inquisition. Duration: until succeeded.
Repraesentativum Molliret: Appointedby Caesar/Comitissa. Duration: until succeeded.
Arcarius: appointed by High Consiliarius, must have been a banker for twelve years. Duration: four terms or until succeeded.
Imperator/Imperatrix: Appointed by Caesar/Comitissa. Duration: Until succeeded.

[Tinhampton]

The Assembly elects 149 members through party list PR.

[UKCS]

Up until about 2 ic weeks ago, we did have a form of democracy.
The people voted for who they wanted at each government post, but they could not vote for the national leader or the party.
Then we had a party purge following a brief nuclear confrontation with China, and now the country is ruled as a single unitary state under the control of the Premier and the "Soviet Council".

[Gandoor]

Gandoor utilizes the D'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation for elections. A party must have at least 1% of the vote in order to have representation in the Forum.

[Grand Britannia]

Voting is typically restricted to guild members of over 25 years of age, and follows a first past the post system.

[Trodarian Benxboro Republic]

The Republic utilizes what is called ranked voting here, which is simply single transferable vote, in elections to legislatures from the planetary level on up; counting the votes is done separately in each area, and the results of each vote are legally declared to be independent of one another. Most single-winner positions (i.e. holders of executive offices) use first past the post in a two-round system.

[Imeriata]

The absolute royal federation is as the name implies an absolute monarchy ruling over several federal constitutes called federal realms, they in their own turn are ruled by their own government that can vary from monarchical to theocratic (though federal laws does not outlaw republics and similar local governments but to date are there none).

However despite this so are there elections where people are elected by the commonry to the federal court, a large advisory body that the high king according to tradition ask for guidance in larger business. Each commoner is granted a couple of votes depending on age, military service, how many kids they have birthed and similar things but if they hold a noble title or a certain amount of wealth so are they barred from voting. Would a person die so does his next of kin inherit the votes for the next election but they are not handed out in the election after that. The elections are proportionally divided and each candidate is given the same percentage of seats that he got from he votes. In the case that a seat is shared by 10.5% and 8.5% for instance are the seat handed to the winner of a duel, either the candidate himself or a champion. Would a candidate die so does his next of kin inherit the seats. This recently resulted in the very far left candidate dying in the duels for the seats and his son that was an outspoken mercantilist won the seats rather than his syndicalist leaning father.

As you can clearly see have the high culture of the home continent perfected even this form of government and we would be happy to educate the lesser people abroad how to hold proper elections.

[Wealthatonia]

Whenever a decision is made in the legislative, executive and juidicial areas, the people vote on the referendum. EVERY SINGLE bill, every single amendment and every single action no matter how trivial is put to the national vote

in matters of a national election: whoever receives the most votes wins

To be able to vote, you need to present your tax returns and the poor are not allowed to vote, they can't handle their own lives, why should we trust them with the future of our nation.

to be able to run for office, you can't have any felony, you must at least be a member of the lower middle class, political science classes are a requirement, and you must begin from city elections,we only want the most experienced running the country, any attempt to change this amendment must receive a 99.9 percent yes vote in the national election and votes are recorded via live stream.