[civsoc-mw] 50+1 for Councillors and MPs

[pia likoya]

according to wiki, majority and simple majority exactly mean the same thing: over a half.

"A majority, also called a simple majority to distinguish it from similar terms (see the "Related terms" section<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority#Related_terms> below), is the greater part, or more than half, of the total. -->[1]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority#cite_note-:7-1> It is a subset<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset> of a set<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(mathematics)> consisting of more than half of the set's elements."

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Sent: 13 October 2020 18:32
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Subject: [civsoc-mw] 50+1 for Councillors and MPs

Should we use majority or Simple majority in the election of councillors and MPs?

We need to change the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections Act. We can't have MPs and Councillors elected using 50+1. And we can't have the whole parliament not elected on 50+1 and subject those in by-elections to different interpretation.

Something is not right.

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