http://www.prairienet.org/icpr/CV/igpa.html
is one of our advocacy websites that include links to a fascinating study
conducted by the University of Illinois on cumulative voting in the Illinois
House with lots of related background papers on election systems.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fabrice Lehoucq" <fabrice.lehoucq@cide.edu>
To: "'Sam Issacharoff'" <sissac@law.columbia.edu>; <smulroy@memphis.edu>;
"'Dan Johnson-Weinberger'" <djw@fairvote.org>
Cc: <election-law@majordomo.lls.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:54 AM
Subject: RE: Illinois election legislation
Sam --
Is there any evidence that links cumulative voting with bossism? The
mechanism is not hard to conceptualize -- a candidate/party promises
particularistic benefits in exchange for people pledging all of their
votes.
To the extent that partries can confirm the behavior of voters, cumulative
voting allows candidates to win office with the support of small numbers
of
voters. But, is there a study that demonstrates or at least describes
these
mechanisms?
Fabrice Lehoucq
Division of Political Studies
Centro de Investigaci—n y Docencia Econ—mica (CIDE)
Carret. Mexico-Toluca 3655
Lomas de Santa Fˇ, Mexico City, DF, CP 01210
Tel. 52 55/5727 9800, ext. 2215 (voice) & -9871 or 9873 (fax)
E-mail: Fabrice.Lehoucq@cide.edu