Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Wed Sep 14 23:09:03 CDT 2011
Thanks for this info. It helps shape my world-view. A. On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:25 PM, Stephen Bond <stephen at bondsoftware.co.nz>wrote: > OT -reply to gauntlet ... > > In the New Zealand context, it's rep-by-pop, equal population per seat > within a tolerance (I think it's 5%). Unicameral parliament so it's all > a bit simpler (we are, after all, a simple people). The boundaries > commission (whatever they call themselves) allegedly has reps from > political parties but this doesn't stop some minor gerrymandering. > > However, there is still a racial element here with several seats > reserved for one race. And complicated by MMP (don't ask). > > Stephen Bond >