a legal system for making democratic choices

Indonesia「s electoral system is impenetrably complex.

印尼的选举系统极其复杂。

There is no electoral system and political parties are banned.

国家没有选举体系并禁止政党的成立。

Some would like to change the electoral system bequeathed by General Pinochet, under which the two main coalitions are guaranteed almost all the seats in Congress.

一些人想要改变皮诺切特将军遗留下来的选举制度，在这个制度之下两个联合执政党把持了议会几乎所有的席位。

She also cited the nation」s new electoral system in which constituencies have been expanded and have multiple seats.

奥云女士还以国家新设的选举制度为例，指出选区已在扩大和席位正在增加。

The electoral system is one reason. But arguably a raucous press obliges and allows mainstream parties to engage with issues that make many voters cross, such as immigration.

尽管选举制度是一个大因素，但是一份喧嚣的小报很可能迫使与允许主流政党接触一些让很多选民愤怒的问题，例如：移民。

IT IS a measure of the government’s hyperactive radicalism that a referendum proposing the biggest change to the electoral system since female suffrage has, until now, seemed a recondite side story.

曾几何时，赋予妇女选举权让选举制度产生了巨大变化，而现在已鲜为人知、鲜有人关注；时至今日，将引起剧变的是全民公投，这也反映了一个政府的活跃度和激进度。

The electoral system is one reason.

这与英国的选举系统有关。

Domenico Siniscalco, who was briefly finance minister under Mr Berlusconi, thinks that Italy cannot be reformed without a new electoral system to weaken the blackmailing power of small parties.

贝卢斯科尼先生的老部下、前经济部长西尼斯卡尔科认为，意大利应当有一部新的选举法来削弱那些善于敲诈勒索的小政党的权力。

Reform of the electoral system was also promised but little has been done.

承诺的选举改革也同样没有实行。

Even more remarkably, to secure co-operation, the Conservatives agreed to Lib dem demands for a referendum on switching to an electoral system that would make hung parliaments more likely.

更引人注目的是，为了维持合作关系，保守党答应自民党将公民投票改为使无多数议会更有可能的选举制度的要求。

The case for a more proportional electoral system could then become irresistible, though that would not answer the immediate question of who governs.

更多成比例的选举系统可能成为无法抗拒的事实，尽管现在还无法回答当前谁掌权的问题。

Italy too has an electoral system that gives party bosses absolute control over the selection of candidates.

在意大利的选举制度下，党首领可以对候选人选举进行绝对控制。

In the coming weeks the Economist will set out its own views on how to reform not just the electoral system but also the House of Lords, party funding and other bits of the political structure.

在接下来的几周中，《经济学人》将表述我们关于如何改革的观点，不仅仅是改革选举体系还有上议院，党建以及其他政治结构方面的问题。