The only problem I see with this, Markus, is that a serious voter that would listen to all candidates ideas would have to know about 50 candidates if there is 10 parties and 5 seats per district. Sampling the electorate should be sufficient to allow only one party representative per district.
Steph. Markus Schulze wrote : > Dear Adam, > > you asked James Gilmour (24 Dec 2002): > > Please elaborate - don't you see it as a problem that the vast > > majority of Australian voters essentially vote in a closed party > > list style? What would you change to solve this problem? > > In Australia, the voter has either to cast an X-vote for one and > only one party or to rank all candidates. I suggest that a voter > should be able to rank parties and candidates and that the used > STV method should be able to handle equal rankings. > > ****** > > Example: Suppose that there are 3 parties with 5 candidates each. > Suppose that a given voter votes as follows. > > Party A (5) > Candidate A1 () > Candidate A2 (7) > Candidate A3 () > Candidate A4 (4) > Candidate A5 () > Party B (7) > Candidate B1 (8) > Candidate B2 (2) > Candidate B3 (1) > Candidate B4 () > Candidate B5 () > Party C () > Candidate C1 (3) > Candidate C2 () > Candidate C3 (3) > Candidate C4 () > Candidate C5 (6) > > Then this should be interpreted as follows: > > Candidate A1 (5) > Candidate A2 (7) > Candidate A3 (5) > Candidate A4 (4) > Candidate A5 (5) > Candidate B1 (8) > Candidate B2 (2) > Candidate B3 (1) > Candidate B4 (7) > Candidate B5 (7) > Candidate C1 (3) > Candidate C2 (9) > Candidate C3 (3) > Candidate C4 (9) > Candidate C5 (6) > > ****** > > By the way: Party boxes are not a requirement for large districts. > The Cork City Council was elected in a single 21-seat district -- > without party boxes. And in 1925, the Irish Senate was elected > in a single 19-seat district -- again without party boxes. > > Markus Schulze > > ---- > For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), > please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
