[1][2] However, it was decided on 25 February 2011 that the elected assembly members would instead be appointed to a Constitutional Council with effectively the same role.
The 25 members were to be elected using the single transferable vote system under the Weighted Inclusive Gregory Method.
[6] The elections were held using single transferable voting in one multi-member electoral district covering the whole island.
The Justices were: Garðar Gíslason, Árni Kolbeinsson, Gunnlaugur Claessen, Jón Steinar Gunnlaugsson, Páll Hreinsson and Viðar Már Matthíasson.
The Supreme Court referred to the fact that it was the role of the legislature to establish clear and unambiguous rules for the conduct of public elections which take into account the circumstances resulting from their special nature.
Like the precedent the Supreme Court referred to in its decision on the Constitutional Assembly, the ballot papers were of such a make that it was possible to see writing through them when folded.
It was decided on 25 February 2011 that the elected assembly members would be appointed by Parliament to a Constitutional Council with basically the same role.
[20] The changes proposed by the Assembly included: The constitution draft was finished on 29 July 2011 and presented to the Althing on the same day.