[EL] Labour Party leadership election

[Soren Dayton]

I would point out that the analogy may not be that strong. There is a basis
for the party to reject membership. In a caucus like you describe, the
party doesn't get to reject people who show up. Here, one of the big
logistical challenges was vetting the people who signed up and kicking out
the Tories, the even farther Lefties. There is some evidence that they were
overwhelmed and just got it wrong.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/20/labour-leadership-election-rejected-supporters-express-their-anger

I would also note that the Canadian system, at least, uses a similar model
in which people speak of "selling party memberships" so that you can join a
candidate selection convention.

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:31 AM John Tanner <john.k.tanner at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was struck by the similarity between the reformed Labour Party franchise
> - a poll tax - and the Virginia Republican Party’s plan back in, I think,
> the mid-1980s to charge party members to vote in the party caucus - a plan
> which Pam Karlan persuaded the courts to block.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/world/europe/labour-party-election-jeremy-corbyn.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
>  I’m sure someone will remember the name of the case.
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