On 19.7.2012, at 14.40, Raph Frank wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Michael Ossipoff > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, but if a large party suplus-transfers to another party,and it, >> too,as a result, acquires a quota and must transfer,then the >> destination for that next transfer can just be that 2nd party's >> transfer-choice. All of the transfers, surplus and elimination, could >> be accommodated by each party publishing a single transfer-choice > > You could end up with a loop, if small parties tended to nominate each > other. However, as long as the loop has enough votes to get some > seats, then it isn't that big an issue. It would prevent the loop of > parties from transferring outside the loop.
Trees would be a simple approach that has no loops and where support is always mutual. Juho ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
