Rick wrote > I have seen a lot of material written regarding the utility of various > methods for single member districts, but not nearly as much regarding > election methods for multi-member districts. > > Specifically I am interested in exploring improved methods for at-large > municipal elections. There are 3 at-large seats in my city and voters > are allocated 3 votes in the polling booth to select among a slate of > candidates from multiple parties. They is a majority party in my city > and as such the results are almost always a single party sweep of the > at-large seats.
Surprise, surprise!! This is what (almost) always happens in multiple-X elections. It is even worse than three separate single-member X-vote elections. > Insights into methods that would make this multi-member election more > representative would be appreciated. STV-PR is what you want. That will maximise voter choice: among parties; among candidates within parties; and among whatever motivates the voters to choose one candidate over another - could be gender, ethnic origin, locality, views on some local issue, etc, etc. James ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
