And on a collegial, multi-member court, isn't that diversity of experience a good thing?
Under STV votes are cast for candidates in big, multi-member constituencies, by order of preference.
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Councillors in Scotland are usually elected to multi-member wards under proportional representation using the "single transferable vote" method.
Glasgow First is fielding 20 candidates (six of them deselected Labour councillors) in 18 of the city's 21 multi-member wards.
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Provocatively, the commission argued that the single transferable vote in multi-member seats, which is the Lib Dems' favoured system, should be used.
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The commission also wants to continue work on moving to a transferable voting system, which it believes works better in multi-member constituencies.
In the past, the appointments were made by the president but on the recommendation of a 10-member multi-party constitutional council that spanned political parties and ethnic groups.
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Two Kenyans were among the seven: businesswoman Naima Mohammed Nyakiniywa and Harun Mwau, a prominent Kenyan multi-millionaire and former member of parliament.
Cyprus will ask for the money under the EU's multi-annual financial framework designed for member states suffering serious consequences from the euro crisis.
This proposal could see the profits earned by a multi-national company shared proportionately among member states according to how much of it was earned in each EU country.
The member states did finally agree on the 2013 budget in December, but the multi-year budget - officially the Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) - is more complex, involving long-term priorities and financial commitments.
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