At the university where I was studying, on all ballets there was a phoney choice that basically called for new candidates. If it won more votes than the others, new elections had to be called.

Just imagine it in practice - we'd never get a government! Politicians are as a rule liars, and the ones that aren't have to deal with so much of the furniture of the last administrations e.g. the Civil Service that change is almost impossible.

You want to reduce the civil service numbers. Who can you ask to do this apart from the self same civil service.

Far better rule with 30% turn out, than find that when one gets 70%, the other 40% didn't want any of 'em.