🚀 go-pugleaf

David Cox writes:
>Dennis Mitchell (mds@godzilla.zeta.org.au) wrote:
>: I know it's not a very popular idea but why not have the pre-selected
>: Labor candidate just take the seat without a by-election.
><reasons snipped>

>That's funny, I sem to remember a signifant amount of angst
>being generated just a few weeks ago when Jeff Kennet suggested
>the same about by-elections in Victoria, for the same reasons :)

Amount of angst?!? I haven't noticed any. The parties would only object 
because EVERY election is a forum for them to make themselves more popular
(Well, they can become unpopular, but in the same way every real estate agent 
would like to list your house even if there is little or no chance of selling 
it;-)
Replacing the resignee by the Party is the best option economically, and does 
happen in some countries in Europe. One has to watch for mistreatment of this 
system by the winning parties, but overall who would object ? People who gave 
preference to personalities instead of party policies (and those would have 
voted independents ;-)
Lubosh