Far as I can see, the simple method that starts out http://rangevoting.org/NewAppo.html is identical with the method for apportionment that Ossipoff now proposes ("What I mean by Weighed Webster")
glad to see Ossipoff has now come around to my point of view :) Note, the paramters Ossipoff is calling A and B can be deduced from the number of states and total country population, in which case his formula should simplify to become my formula. Warren D Smith http://rangevoting.org Some details: >Ossipoff: R = (-1/A)*ln[(-1/A)*{exp(-A*b)-exp(-A*a)}] R is the rounding point between consecutive integers a & b. I hope that that expression can be simplified. --response, use b=a+1, then {exp(-A*b)-exp(-A*a)} becomes exp(-A*a) * {exp(-A) - 1} now note R-a is going to come out depending only on A, B and not on a,b just as in http://rangevoting.org/NewAppo.html ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
