A Gentle Combination of Plurality Vote and Proportional Representation for Bundestag Elections

Olga Birkmeier (), Kai-Friederike Oelbermann (), Friedrich Pukelsheim () and Matthias Rossi ()
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Olga Birkmeier: University Augsburg
Kai-Friederike Oelbermann: University Augsburg
Friedrich Pukelsheim: University Augsburg
Matthias Rossi: University Augsburg

Chapter Chapter 6 in Electoral Systems, 2012, pp 151-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the decision of 3 July 2008 the German Federal Constitutional Court called upon the Bundestag to amend the Federal Election Act (Bundeswahlgesetz) in order to avoid negative voting weights, and set a deadline of 30 June 2011 (Schreiber 2009; Meyer 1994).

Keywords: Electoral System; Option Versus; State List; Proportional Representation; Negative Weight (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20441-8_6

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