On Aug 14, 2011, at 7:32 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: > After reading the ballots into the N*N matrix, look for the strongest > candidate - the CW or what is found in the cycle when there is no CW. > > This fills the first seat. Then amend the matrix to exclude this CW and look > in the matrix for whoever would be CW in the remainder. In each step the > search is for the "strongest remaining candidate" in the amended matrix.
I see. I'm suggesting a PR mechanism rather than majority-take-all. > > On Aug 14, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Jonathan Lundell wrote: >> On Aug 14, 2011, at 6:51 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: >> >>> Why transfers? >>> >>> At least, when I said do a CW type search for the strongest remaining >>> candidate, I thought of this as adequate without transfers. I do think of >>> quitting if the remainder are too weak: >>> . Anyway, quit after filling the limit of seats to fill. >>> . Quit anyway if remainder are too weak to deserve a seat. >>> >> >> I'm not really following what you mean by "strongest remaining candidate".
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