Re: [EM] Apportionment (biased?) let me add some more confusion to the mix :)

2006-12-11 Thread raphfrk
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One more tool that can be useful in some situations is the hierarchical structure of the states/parties. To guarantee that certain set of states/parties will not be underrepresented they could form a team/alliance. When seats are allocated to that team they

Re: [EM] Apportionment (biased?) let me add some more confusion to the mix :)

2006-12-11 Thread Juho
On Dec 11, 2006, at 12:38 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] One more tool that can be useful in some situations is the hierarchical structure of the states/parties. To guarantee that certain set of states/parties will not be underrepresented they could form a

Re: [EM] Apportionment (biased?) let me add some more confusion to the mix :)

2006-12-10 Thread Juho
Yes, random allocations are yet another way to balance the situation. Since the population of a state changes quite slowly some fixes (random, time division, voting power) may be wanted to reduce the risk of continuously getting less seats than the population would give right to. Changes