Local Councils Ordinance Amendment (Elections for a Local Committee in a Regional Council) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת המועצות המקומיות (בחירות לוועד מקומי במועצה אזורית)
TL;DRA proposal to add an electoral threshold of 75% of the quota for local committee elections in a regional council, to prevent the allocation of seats to lists with few votes.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do?
The proposal adds a new section to the Local Councils Ordinance that sets a method for allocating seats in elections for a local committee in a regional council. Under this method, only lists that received at least 75% of the quota (the total valid votes divided by the number of committee members) will be eligible to take part in the allocation of seats. Seats will first be allocated according to the quotient (the average vote), and then the remaining seats will be allocated to the lists with the largest surplus votes. The proposal aims to prevent situations in which a list with a minority of votes wins a majority of seats on the committee.
The votes on this bill
Coalition 64 seats
Opposition 56 seats
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