10-13-2015, 11:12 AM
(10-13-2015, 09:59 AM)chutten Wrote: The bit where the Wikipedia entry says that the system has been audited and was found to be easily corruptible worries me. Sorta like saying the only reason Estonia's elections _haven't_ been rigged is because no one's cared enough to try.
And even with Internet Voting, Estonia's still only getting 30% participation. A panacea for low voter turnout it isn't.
Perhaps we should pull an Australia and mandate voting? 93.21% turnout in 2010.
While we're there, maybe we can also ape their single-transferable vote and proportionally-elected Senate?
64.2% turnout (30.5% of those were over the Internet):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian_p...tion,_2015
Assuming there is a change of government next week, I think some kind of change to our first-past-the-post system is likely, whether STV, preference, proportional or some hybrid (some countries elect part of the parliament by proportional representation, but still have first-past-the-post ridings for the remaining seats). I do believe any substantial senate reform (read: not appointed) would need a constitutional amendment, though.