Monthly Archives: August 2013

2014 European elections: A snapshot of three little known electoral systems (1st part)

By Fernando Feitosa Ribeiro, Intern at the Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies, Université de Montréal What is the story? On late May 2014, the European parliament (EP) will be renewed. During 4 days, separate elections will be held in each of the 28 European Union member-states. As most of people already know, the entire […]

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Evaluating US electoral institutions

By André Blais, Full Professor at the Université de Montréal http://www.crcee.umontreal.ca/director_a.html What is the story? The United States have untypical electoral institutions. Many features are at odds compared to other world democracies: the usage of the first past the post (FPTP) system and primaries, the decentralization of electoral administration, the very short terms of office, […]

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