[EL] This ain't Alabama

[Rob Richie]

Indeed. Turnout in Israel aslo was over 70% overall, which is actually
relatively low among that many established democracies that don't have
winner-take-all elections that isolate meaningful participation to only a
portion of the electorate.

I'm a backer of proportional representation voting rules for the United
States, but focused for Congress on more moderate, candidate-centric,
statutory systems of districts of three-to-five seats using ranked choice
voting -- as articulated nicely in pieces last year by Reihan Salam in Slate
<http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/09/abolish_the_single_member_district_that_s_the_best_way_to_ensure_truly_fair.html>
and Katrina vanden Heuvel in the Washington Post
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/katrina-vanden-heuvel-we-need-a-fairer-system-for-choosing-house-members/2014/08/19/bf93c84c-271c-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html>.and
as developed in a national plan at our FairVoting.US map. Still, it was
notable to see two major publications (LA Times and Washington Post) run
pieces by staffers yesterday suggesting that that United States has
something to learn from the israeli electoral system -- see:

Opinion What if the U.S. adopted Israel's election system?
<http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-israel-election-congress-20150317-story.html>
 By Michael McGough in Los Angeles Times

4 ways Israel’s electoral system could improve the U.S.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/03/17/4-ways-israels-electoral-system-could-improve-the-u-s/>
By Ishaan
Tharoor in Washington Post.

- Rob







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On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:26 PM, John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> http://www.timesofisrael.com/ballot-stations-open-as-israelis-choose-new-leadership/
> Prisoner turnout reaches 82%
>
> Ballot boxes in Israel’s prisons close at 8 p.m.
>
> Final voter turnout is now reported at 81.74% of Israel’s incarcerated
>
>
> Read more: Netanyahu hails 'a great victory for our people,' though
> Herzog in no hurry to concede | The Times of Israel
> <http://www.timesofisrael.com/ballot-stations-open-as-israelis-choose-new-leadership/#ixzz3UhTXJ4kC>
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