Chapter Four reviews the use and consideration of PR for local election. It includes several articles on cumulative voting, ranging from Robert Brischetto's review of how cumulative voting worked in 16 recent Texas elections to Richard Timpone's intriguing study of the impact of different voting systems. The chapter ends with my critique of cumulative voting as a general reform option and reports on upcoming city campaigns for preference voting. Chapter Five analyzes why PR systems have drawn so much attention in voting rights cases, with several important articles. They include our amicus brief in a cumulative voting case by Edward Still and Pamela Karlan, Steven Mulroy's review of U.S. Justice Department policy on PR and Samuel Issacharoff's provocative analysis of how recent Supreme Court rulings may have destabilized single-member district elections in the United States.
Chapter Seven focuses on elections and electoral reform around the world.
Other articles address the impact and prospective impact of reforms in New Zealand, Japan, Israel and Italy. The chapter ends with a survey of election methods around the world and acknowledgement of the passing of author and leading British reformer Enid Lakeman and several American reformers. After this introduction, you will find short arguments made for PR from our members. They reflect both the diverse reasons why many people like PR and the perceptiveness of our members. Of course not, with such a large subject.