Comments on: The 2013 election results and the importance of raising the election threshold http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/ The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:37:51 +0300 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Alan Stein http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108742 Alan Stein Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108742 The threshold should certainly be raised immediately, to at least 5 or 6 percent. In the long run, the elections should be run through districts.

]]> By: בן וקסמן http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108740 בן וקסמן Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:39:07 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108740 every system has its pluses and minuses. in the US district representation brings with it pork barrel politics. one of the effects of having party primaries is MKs introducing foolish laws which they know won't be passed. however, doing so gives them press and admiration in various circles needed to win primaries. that type of thing would increase if there was a district MK.

]]> By: Clap Hammer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108744 Clap Hammer Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:02:25 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108744 'the threshold should be raised but we should also add in a partial constituent system as is done by the Germans and Dutch'.
Yes. Israel should learn from other countries which 'produce' quick and stable governments.

]]> By: John Spencer Cohen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108738 John Spencer Cohen Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:50:13 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108738 The whole system should be changed. We should vote for the man and not a party as they do in England and the USA and the head of the largest party should automatically be the Prime Minister. Until the system is changed the ideaof Yesh Atid to raise the threshold should be implemented.

]]> By: Allen Minitzer http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108736 Allen Minitzer Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:19:55 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108736 the threshold should be raised but we should also add in a partial constituent system as is done by the Germans and Dutch, I would very much like to express my opinion on this or that candidate and not leave it only to the party. also open primaries would be a good idea as already proposed by Haim Ramon.

]]> By: Ros Minster http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108734 Ros Minster Mon, 28 Jan 2013 05:22:09 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108734 Raising the threshold is way overdue. There is a place for all those special interests in existing parties. I think that Israelis who prefer to live abroad (not those who represent their companies or students) should not be allowed to vote in the Israeli elections. They have chosen another country as their home and are not part of the population in Israel anymore. So why should they try to influence events here.

]]> By: בן וקסמן http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108732 בן וקסמן Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:16:48 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108732 there are multiple parties because they all represent different aspects of israeli society. it would be wrong to cut these voices from the knesset. the problem isn't that the knesset is divided, it is that the nation is divided. this is a perfect example of trying to change the institution when you should be trying to change the minds instead.

btw – there are 12 parties in the knesset but three of them are jokes (t'nua, qadima and yesh atid).

]]> By: Fran Dash http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108730 Fran Dash Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:31:48 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108730 I hope Yesh Atid is successful in its bid to raise the threshold of qualifying voters to 6%. It will make a very positive difference to how our political system functions and will allow the government to run more smoothly and efficiently.

]]> By: Arieh Kovler http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108728 Arieh Kovler Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:10:33 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108728 Britain "enjoys a coalition of only two parties", true, but there are eleven parties in the UK's House of Commons, and a couple of independent members.

]]> By: David Goshen http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-2013-election-results-and-the-importance-of-raising-the-election-threshold/#comment-108726 David Goshen Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:59:44 +0000 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=98706#comment-108726 The question is whether new political trends are catered for when high treshold % are fixed.
Does it not assume that existing large parties are the ones to be preferred.
Should the law not be changed to make voting cumpulsory?
Should voting not be possible at other locations than the registered address of the voter.
Many students studying far from home did not want to wast the whole day travelling instead.
of preparing for exams.
Should voters stationed abroad by their employers not be allowed to vote like government officials?
Should citizens in the first few years of residing abroad not be allowed to vote?
Should students studying abroad not be allowed to vote?
What will happen to the threshold if we change the voting system?
What about the idea that the head of the largest party should automatically be the prime minister?
David Goshen

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