[EM] Voting with Elimination - idea for simple PR system...

[Tim Hull]

The example from Slovenia is just normal cumulative voting without
elimination - that was also used in the Illinois House of Representatives
until 1980...  As far as letting voters give 1 for a first-place vote, 1/2
for a second-place vote, 1/3 for a third-place vote, that's just a variant
on the Borda count.  We (my student government) currently use Borda with
voters limited to ranking as many candidates as there is open seats. Neither
system is proportional, though they are better than at-large plurality.  In
fact, I can attest to that - I wouldn't have won a seat as an independent
(defeating one of the major establishment party candidates) had it not been
for the point weightings.


On 4/25/07, Gervase Lam <gervase.lam at group.force9.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:37:04 -0400
> > From: "Tim Hull"
> > Subject: [EM] Cumulative Voting with Elimination - idea for simple PR
> > system...
>
> > 1. Voters vote for up to n candidates - n being either # of open seats
> or #
> > of candidates
> > 2. Each voter has one vote equally and evenly divided among the
> candidates
> > they voted for.
> > 3. After doing the first count, eliminate the candidate with the fewest
> > votes.
> > 4. Recount all ballots, dividing votes equally and evenly among
> *remaining
> > candidates only*
> > 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until there are only as many candidates
> remaining as
> > there are open seats.
> > 6. The remaining candidates shall be declared elected.
>
> Something similar to this was/is used in Slovenia:
>
> <http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-
> electorama.com/2004-March/012480.html>
>
> Alternatively, giving one vote on the first ranked candidate, half for
> the second, a third for the third candidate, etc... has/had been used in
> a couple of countries:
>
> <http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-
> electorama.com/2002-August/008534.html>
> <http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-
> electorama.com/2000-October/004514.html>
>
> Thanks,
> Gervase.
>
>
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