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Varma proposes electoral and political reforms to reserve politics only to perfectionists who intend to dedicate their whole time and energy to serve the people of the country round the clock. It is imperative to consider these new political and electoral reforms for better, healthy and improved democracy to remove corruption, inequalities, unemployment and mis-governance. Varma's political and electoral reforms are aimed at empowering under privileged, working class, rural and urban areas. Salient features of these new political reforms 1] Full time representation 2] Fixed time table for assembly and parliament sessions 3] Compulsory attendance in parliament and assemblies 4] Compulsory attendance in constituencies. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.

Since the separation of church and state in 1905 the paramount question of French internal politics has been that of electoral reform. No other question has been so much discussed in parliament and in the country, or has been the subject of so many reports, books, brochures and magazine articles. It has occupied a leading place in the ministerial declarations of the last five cabinets and has caused the downfall of one. It was one of the paramount issues in the parliamentary elections of 1910 and an overwhelming majority of the deputies in the present chamber were chosen upon programs which pledged them to the support of electoral reform. Furthermore, the present chamber, elected in 1910, has on four different occasions by large majorities voted in favor of electoral reform and on July 10, 1912, it passed a bill by a vote of 339 to 217 embodying the more important reforms demanded by the country. But so far the senate has refused its concurrence.

Examines Bermuda's intention to bring its electoral system even closer to the British model that it inherited. Bermuda's system prior to the 2002 reform decision is described, citing small-scale reforms in 1968 in response to pressure for constitutional change. Considering the fortunes of the Progressive Labour Party (PLP), factors driving electoral bias against the black population from 1968 to 1998 are seen to center on geography & the efficiency of voter distribution. Attention turns to the 2001/02 Bermuda Constituency Boundaries Commission, established by the UK Foreign Office in response to the PLP's reform proposals. Its mandate, composition, & outcomes regarding the redrawing of constituency boundaries are addressed. In closing, it is noted that the 2003 general election using the new single-member plurality system evidenced similar disportionality as previous elections using the double-member plurality system. 3 Tables, 2 Figures, 3 References. J. Zendejas