Papua New Guinea is adopting the limited preferential voting system in a by-election this weekend for one of the country's 109 parliamentary seats.
Our reporter in Port Moresby, Firmin Nanol, says the system will be used for the first time in the Abau by-election.
The Electoral Reform Project has led a campaign to adopt the method after candidates allegedly abused the first-past-the-post system with bribery and undue influence.
The national court ruled the election of former public service minister, Dr Puka Temu, was null and void after former MP, Kilroy Geno, took an election petition over allegations of bribery and undue influence by Dr Temu.
A new member will be declared by early January next year.
Our reporter in Port Moresby, Firmin Nanol, says the system will be used for the first time in the Abau by-election.
The Electoral Reform Project has led a campaign to adopt the method after candidates allegedly abused the first-past-the-post system with bribery and undue influence.
The national court ruled the election of former public service minister, Dr Puka Temu, was null and void after former MP, Kilroy Geno, took an election petition over allegations of bribery and undue influence by Dr Temu.
A new member will be declared by early January next year.
Election Day '09 was a roller-coaster for election reformers. Instant runoff voting had a great night in Minnesota, where St. Paul voters chose to implement IRV for its city elections, and Minneapolis voters used IRV for the first time—with local media touting it as a big success. As the Star-Tribune noted in endorsing IRV for St. Paul, Tuesday’s elections give the Twin Cities a chance to show the whole state of Minnesota the benefits of adopting IRV. There were disappointments in Lowell and Pierce County too, but high-profile multi-candidate races in New Jersey and New York keep policymakers focused on ways to reform elections; the Baltimore Sun and Miami Herald were among many newspapers publishing commentary from FairVote board member and former presidential candidate John Anderson on how IRV can mitigate the problems of plurality elections.