Voting systems theory should properly be a subtopic within social
choice theory, which is -- or should not be -- based on instantaneous
process, as from a single ballot, but from the whole set of
procedures whereby a community of interest discovers and makes choices.
In small-group process,
Abd ul, I agree with virtually all you say that I had time to read,
but would prefer party list voting over asset voting simply because it
forces the #1 elector, as you put it, to state in advance who he will
nominate with any excess votes and also in some systems gives the
voters a chance to vote
On 3/13/2010 11:53 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote (after I snipped a bit):
Attempts have been made to apply this to public elections. I forget
the city, but there was a proposal in the early 20th century to hold
an election for a City Council where, in the council, representatives
would
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Kathy Dopp kathy.d...@gmail.com wrote:
Abd ul, I agree with virtually all you say that I had time to read,
but would prefer party list voting over asset voting simply because it
forces the #1 elector, as you put it, to state in advance who he will
nominate with
Kathy Dopp Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:54 PM
Abd ul, I agree with virtually all you say that I had time to
read, but would prefer party list voting over asset voting
simply because it forces the #1 elector, as you put it, to
state in advance who he will nominate with any excess votes
I wonder if this is equivalent to your method;
assign seats to each coalition one at a time, using Sainte-lague,
until there is only 1 coalition possible.
From your first example:
ABC (70):
AB (24):
AC (18):
BC (28):
A (14):
B (12):
C (27):
Using Sainte-lague to distribute the seats:
ABC-1: 70
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Raph Frank raph...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Kathy Dopp kathy.d...@gmail.com wrote:
Abd ul, I agree with virtually all you say that I had time to read,
but would prefer party list voting over asset voting simply because it
forces the #1
