Akka
Moody old mage.
Seriously ?Don't forget they also claim it because migratory birds fly there from Argentina.
I don't really see how only taking into account the opinions of people who do vote (including "blank" votes of course) would lead to anything you talk about.Because otherwise we end up with bizarre decisions that nobody really wants - at the risk of a Godwin's Law, that's how most tyrannies (and BNP MEPs) come about
In fact, it's already what happens everywhere - governments are elected, by definition, only by people who vote.
And about the "self-determination", it's something I'm usually very touchy about. It's very blurry to begin with (see my question about "how do you determine the relevant size ?"), is a bit too suspect to population migration (if foreigners migrate en masse to a zone into a country, and then become the majority, does that give them the right to secede ? Because I certainly don't think so) and more often than not cause a disintegration of the zone and increase strife rather than reduce it (see the Balkans).