* I guess this current UK election has caused some discussion of change to their first past the post system, but I still can't see why it isn't the subject of a continual, large scale reform campaign. (I saw that Antony Green was over there, saying that Britain insists on a result on the election night, and if they stick to that, they are never going to get reform to any sort of proportional/preference system. Farage, of all people, is pressing for change, but really you need the 2 major parties to talk about it.) Why don't (more of) the English see the unfairness in first past the post when you have more than 2 substantial parties??
* Why does any country hold elections on a work day? Especially when voting is not compulsory and you have to depend on people finding the time to get to the ballot box? Yeah, sure there is postal voting, and I think it is overused in Australia. But countries that rely on people getting out to vote - then making as easy as possible is just an obvious thing to do.
* And let's not get into American electoral system craziness, with each State running their own systems for eligibility to vote in Federal elections.
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