The Australian Senate uses this method. One downside is since you only need a "quota" of the vote to get elected hundreds of single issue "micro-parties" contes

The Australian Senate uses this method. One downside is since you only need a "quota" of the vote to get elected hundreds of single issue "micro-parties" contest the senate and you end up with the so called "tablecloth ballot paper". Eg. In this article you can see 394 names on the ballot paper. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-state-election-2015/above-the-line-is-their-preference/news-story/f7bb1b47b100765c67ef6699460097a7 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw-state-election-201...