Timeline for How complicated can a legislature be?
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Jun 29, 2016 at 7:35 | comment | added | Anton Sherwood | The first bullet reminds me of Kevin O'Donnell's ORA:CLE, in which (as I read it) the parties' political role often takes a back seat to their functions as service providers; most people pick and choose services (power, trash collection, news …) from several different parties. | |
Nov 13, 2014 at 18:50 | comment | added | Karl Bielefeldt | Hence my comment about having their own set of problems. Deadlock isn't always a bad thing. Most of our worst laws are passed on party line votes. | |
Nov 13, 2014 at 18:02 | comment | added | Oldcat | That last is probably too much like Polands old Liberum Veto, where one guy could hold up anything. Even in a 2 party state this is a recipe for permanent deadlock, but if you have a rump party with one or two seats it become impossible to manage. | |
Nov 13, 2014 at 1:09 | review | First posts | |||
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Nov 13, 2014 at 1:07 | history | answered | Karl Bielefeldt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |