On 5 Feb 2013, at 10:23 AM, Peter Zbornik <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Why the two constraints, as opposed to a single constraint the overall >> gender distribution must be 3:2 or 2:3? Constraints are hard enough (OK, >> impossible in the general case) to square with proportionality without >> making them stricter than required. > > We dont want to quote-in the women at the last places on the party > list, where they are practically unelectable. > This is how we have defined the constraints it in our statutes, so the > constraints 1 and 2 cannot be "simplified".
You'd still be better off with a single constraint for the STV count, and then raising one candidate if required. So if the count results in two women ranked 1-2, raise the highest-ranked man to position #2, moving other candidates down as needed. In your case, at most one such move will be required. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
