Warren Smith > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:58 PM > A web page analysing this topic is here > http://rangevoting.org/IRVraceMinorities.html
Whatever the merits or demerits of any single-winner voting system in respective of minority representation, if you are serious about representation of minorities, you start by electing the representative assembly by a sound system of proportional representation in which all representatives are elected from multi-member districts (upper limit: whole country = one electoral district). Single-winner voting systems in single-member districts should not be used to elect representative assemblies, except in the rare situation where one or two electoral districts are so large and so sparsely populated that only a single-member district makes sense. James Gilmour No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.6/1576 - Release Date: 27/07/2008 16:16 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
