Word: used
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great preponderance of democratic nations in the world have rejected this distorted form of representation in favor of proportional representation. All but two European nations use this system, as do South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and a number of other emerging democracies. Within these systems, every group is represented in proportion to the number of votes it receives, and thus every vote counts...
...vote truly becomes one's voice to be heard in the apportionment of representation. Nations that use proportional representation enjoy voter turnout rates high above those in the United States, which is currently mired in an undeniably alarming state of voter apathy. Voters in America are reluctant to vote for a third party because they fear theirs will be a wasted vote, and this may discourage them from voting altogether...
According to Director of FAS Computer Services Franklin M. Steen, the system is at a late stage of development and his department is hoping to release an open beta sometime in the next few weeks--meaning that anyone in the FAS community will be able to use the service and submit feedback...
...Though use of the system is not strictly mandatory, some council-members worried that the continuous addition of new technologies makes life more--rather than less--complicated...
...optional--but I think faculty are concerned that the expectations of them will rise," Steen said. "It's like e-mail. I think there were faculty that resisted e-mail for some time, but I think almost all people use it now with the understanding that it helps communication...