Control of politicians
— #33 Preferential votes as the main criteria for MPs election
It should be ensured that the party candidates with the highest number of preferential votes are elected to the Chamber of Deputies (the lower Chamber of the Czech Parliament).
If party candidates with the highest amount of voters‘ preferences (circles on the voting lists) could get more easily to the Chamber of Deputies, people can vote for concrete political personalities from political parties.
Sources:
- Council of Europe Recommendation Rec (2007) 15 on measures concerning media coverage of election campaigns, 2007
- Kudrna, J., Preferential Voting in the Election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, Scientific project, MSM 0021620804, 2010
- Lebeda, T., Municipal elections mislead. Short essay on problematic aspecs of the electoral system for municipal councils, Acta Politologica, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2009, p. 332-343.
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 5: Change of the electoral system leading to the corruption reduction, December 2013
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