Значај карактера изборних листа за остваривање бирачког права
Importance of Electoral Lists in Exercizing the rights to Vote

Author(s): Goran Marković
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Electoral systems
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Источном Сарајеву
Keywords: People's soverignity;Electoral lists;Political parties;Candidates;Parliament;
Summary/Abstract: Although the right to vote is universal and equal, many factors complicate its efficient realization. One of these factors is the nature of electoral lists, which determines to what extent the voters would be able to influence the election of their representatives. Besides, the nature of electoral lists influences the behaviour of political parties and candidates.In this work we analyse the factors determining the behaviour of political parties and candidates, as well as the influence of different types of electoral lists on exercizing the right to vote. More specifically, we analyse the influence of electoral lists on: composition of the parliament (social, gender and ideological and political); behaviour of the members of parliament (interests which they represent, relationship with voters and the way in which they decide how they would vote); political corruption. The overall analysis is expected to confirm the basic hypothesis that different types of electoral lists do not have substantially different importance for the realization of the principle of people's sovereignty, although some types of electoral lists enables citizens to participate in the creation of state power more efficiently.

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