Greg Nisbet > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:25 PM > All current forms of party list proportional representation > have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is > inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence > denied any representation (this is particularly relevant if > the legislature has a threshold). However, votes for a party > that doesn't have sufficient support to win any seats in the > legislature are simply wasted.
Not necessarily so. See "apparentement". Parties can "chain" their votes so that fewer votes are wasted in the seat allocation calculations. James Gilmour ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
