[EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
All current forms of party list proportional representation have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence denied any representation (this is particularly relevant if the legislature has a threshold). However, votes for a

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread James Gilmour
Greg Nisbet Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:25 PM All current forms of party list proportional representation have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence denied any representation (this is particularly

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Dave Ketchum da...@clarityconnect.comwrote: Glad to see thinking, though we part company on some details. On Aug 13, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Greg Nisbet wrote: All current forms of party list proportional representation have each voter cast a vote for a single

[EM] School of Election Science on Wikiversity

2011-08-13 Thread Michael Allan
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Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
Message: 2 Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:32:14 +0100 From: James Gilmour jgilm...@globalnet.co.uk To: election-methods@lists.electorama.com Subject: Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal Message-ID: 1E8F1DC34EB34C50A49239C7C1BA6CCB@u2amd Content-Type: text/plain;