Hi,
I e-mailed this list a while back about election methods in student
government. I'm at the University of Michigan, and we use a variant of the
Borda count for our elections where you get as many votes as open seats.
Slates of candidates typically contest elections as parties, and most
Hi,
(This relates somewhat to my other e-mail, but is different enough that I
figured I'd ask it separately...)
Has anyone here looked into candidate-based methods of proportional
representation besides Single Transferable Vote? I'm just curious, as I
haven't heard of many such methods -
Tim and all,
Among colleges and universities adopting proportional or
semi-proportional systems, STV is the overwhelming favorite. If
students at (for example) Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon can
figure it out, then students at the University of Michigan probably can
too.
The (alleged)
Tim Hull wrote:
Hi,
I e-mailed this list a while back about election methods in student
government. I'm at the University of Michigan, and we use a variant of the
Borda count for our elections where you get as many votes as open seats.
Slates of candidates typically contest elections as
http://www.ceco.polytechnique.fr/jugement-majoritaire.html
Balinski Laraki have apparently done quite a bit of
work on range voting or something very similar, including a book (?).
However, they advocate use of the MEDIAN rather than the AVERAGE
with a certain tie-breaking scheme.
I've been
Tim asked:
How would MMP be done, anyway - especially
with uneven constituencies?
MMP (at least in the form that I know it) would require single-member
consitutuencies, which rules it in many university settings. I
mentioned it previously only because it is the most widely suggested
Hello,
My current favourite plain ranked-ballot method is Approval-Sorted
Margins(Ranking) Elimination:
1. Voters rank candidates, truncation and equal-ranking allowed.
2. Interpreting ranking above bottom or equal-bottom as 'approval',
initially order the candidates
according to their
Bob Richard electorama at robertjrichard.com wrote:
The (alleged) complexity of STV is entirely a matter of the counting
process; the task for the voter is actually very simple. Having said
that, the conventional ways of explaining the count invariably lose
audiences, and we need to
Tim Hull Sent: 16 April 2007 17:30
As a result, I'm looking at proportional representation
systems - and possibly introducing one as a ballot initiative
for next year. However, I have experienced great trouble in
finding a system that people like. Single Transferable Vote
seems ideal,
--- Tim Hull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a result, I'm looking at proportional representation systems -
and possibly introducing one as a ballot initiative for next year.
However, I have experienced great trouble in finding a system that
people like. Single Transferable Vote seems ideal, but
I would like to see how the Yee/BOlsen diagrams for this method
compare with those of IRNR (Instant Runoff by Normalized Ratings), for
example.
Chris Benham wrote:
Hello,
My current favourite plain ranked-ballot method is Approval-Sorted
Margins(Ranking) Elimination:
1. Voters rank
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