To supplement Cam Gorgon's and David Shove's very helpful
explanations of the single-transferable-vote system, I offer the following
(slightly edited) excerpt from a report that I wrote for the Minnesota State
Bar Association, which last year adopted STV as its method of electing
officers
Dean asked
> David, please explain how single transferable vote works.
I'll give this a try...using Douglas Amy's "Proportional representation: the
case for a better election system" as my guide.
This method is also known as The Preference Vote or the Hare system. It was the
Proportional Repre
17, 2001 4:04 AM
To: Melendez, Brian
Cc: 'Dean Zimmermann '; 'Richard McMartin '; 'Issues Minneapolis '
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Number of council members
Why would we want to give parties the power to rank candidates? Odds are
they'd be bought off or old-boy-networked
And which group of reps, the single-seat or the at-large, get the most
money and power? How different are its votes from single-seat-only
legislatures?
If it's not much different (my guess) why even bother? Because it will
fool and blow off real reform for 10 or 20 years?
--David Shove
On 15
While in theory I support the idea of at-large CM's, I am not yet convinced
that greater fairness and better representation is possible under our current electoral
system of "winner take all." I am concerned about the inherent under-representation
of minority communities and the ignored views
Japan has a combination of single-seat and proportional representation for its
national Diet. Single-seat representatives are chosen by a plurality vote (same as in
the U.S.). Japan is also divided into about eight regions in which the political
parties run a slate of candidates. Each candid
quot;'Issues Minneapolis '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc:(bcc: Dave G Piehl/USA/Pillsbury)
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Number of council members
About electing members to a representative body in proportion to their
parties' strength in the election, Dean Zimmerman
About electing members to a representative body in proportion to their
parties' strength in the election, Dean Zimmerman wrote, "I believe the
Parliament of the United Kingdom is elected in just such a way -- correct me
if I am wrong. Perhaps others know of where such a system is in place n
Rich McMartin misses the point of having at-large seats on the City Council.
To have this make sense, the at large seats need to be reserved for Parties
that get a certain percentage of the vote city wide to deserve some seats,
but do not get enough seats in any one ward to win a ward seat. For
