Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-29 Thread Kristofer Munsterhjelm
Jameson Quinn wrote: 2011/10/25 Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_el...@lavabit.com mailto:km_el...@lavabit.com Jameson Quinn wrote: * A multimember-district system helps with the above problems, but doesn't actually solve them. Who wants a system where

Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-29 Thread James Gilmour
-methods-boun...@lists.electorama.com] On Behalf Of Juho Laatu Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:11 PM To: EM Subject: Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable,Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal? On 29.10.2011, at 16.58, James Gilmour wrote: Kristofer Munsterhjelm Sent: Saturday

Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-29 Thread Juho Laatu
] On Behalf Of Juho Laatu Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 5:11 PM To: EM Subject: Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable,Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal? On 29.10.2011, at 16.58, James Gilmour wrote: Kristofer Munsterhjelm Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 9:14 AM STV is not mixed

Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-26 Thread Jameson Quinn
2011/10/25 Andy Jennings electi...@jenningsstory.com On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Jameson Quinn jameson.qu...@gmail.comwrote: 2011/10/25 Andy Jennings electi...@jenningsstory.com Hi Jameson, I looked over it. I didn't see any technical problems immediately, but I'm going to

Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-25 Thread Jameson Quinn
OK, I'm turning into a bit of a spammer on this issue, but... Here's some discussion of PAL representation's legality in the UShttp://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/PAL_representation#Note_on_legality_in_US. A state could pass a law to use FMV (a true proportional system) until the anti-PR federal law

Re: [EM] Proportional, Accountable, Local (PAL) representation: isn't this a big deal?

2011-10-25 Thread Kathy Dopp
From: Jameson Quinn jameson.qu...@gmail.com Here's some discussion of PAL representation's legality in the UShttp://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/PAL_representation#Note_on_legality_in_US. A state could pass a law to use FMV (a true proportional system) until the anti-PR federal law is repealed,