Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Jennings
Forrest, On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: I would like to modify my proposal for a new kind of list PR method. 1. Voters submit ballots indicating their favorite parties. These ballots are used to find the standard list PR allocation of N seats by some standard

Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2011-05-18 Thread fsimmons
- Original Message - From: Andy Jennings Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:14 am Subject: Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share To: fsimm...@pcc.edu Cc: election-methods@lists.electorama.com Forrest, On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM, wrote: I would like to modify my proposal

Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Jennings
Subject: Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share To: fsimm...@pcc.edu Cc: election-methods@lists.electorama.com Forrest, On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM, wrote: I would like to modify my proposal for a new kind of list PR method. 1. Voters submit ballots indicating

Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2011-05-18 Thread fsimmons
- Original Message - From: Andy Jennings Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 2:02 pm Subject: Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share To: fsimm...@pcc.edu Cc: election-methods@lists.electorama.com Forrest, I'm trying to make sure I understand exactly what the Ultimate

Re: [EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2011-05-18 Thread Andy Jennings
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:26 PM, fsimm...@pcc.edu wrote: Forrest, I'm trying to make sure I understand exactly what the Ultimate Lotterymethods are. So the Ultimate Lottery singlewinner method is: 1. Voters submit homogeneous functions of p1,p2,...,pn 2. Choose the

[EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2010-12-15 Thread fsimmons
How to use your homogeneous degree one function ballot to control the distribution of your share of the allocation (whether of number of seats or probability): 1. As proved in the last post, if you want 100% to go to P1, then vote f(p)=p1. 2. If you want 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% , respectively

[EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2010-12-15 Thread fsimmons
I would like to modify my proposal for a new kind of list PR method. 1. Voters submit ballots indicating their favorite parties. These ballots are used to find the standard list PR allocation of N seats by some standard method. We call this allocation the Fallback allocation. 2. All

[EM] Compromise allocation of fair share

2010-12-14 Thread fsimmons
The purpose of this message is to show the proportionality of allocation when it is determined by maximizing the product of ballots in the form of functions that are homogeneous of degree one in the proportion vector p. Let p = (p1, p2, ...) represent the proportion vector for allocation of

[EM] Compromise allocation of fair share (was Fair and Democratic versus Majority Rules)

2010-12-13 Thread fsimmons
I just changed the thread name to reflect the current thrust more accurately. Here's my best elaboration of the compromise allocation idea in the Party list PR setting: 1. Anybody and everybody (corporations included, since the supreme court wants it that way) can nominate seat allocations