Bottoms-Up and STPV

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Wed Aug 5 18:53:56 PDT 1998


I have suggested the use of STPV under the name of "Proxy P.R" for many years
because each voter gives his/her vote to his/her agent (i.e. legislator).
The simple language-
 (a) An Elector may vote for one or more legislative candidates on the ballot
in a district (plus not more than [2] write-in votes) by voting "1", "2" and
so forth for his or her first, second and so forth choices. (b) If there are
more than [5] candidates (or remaining candidates) in the district, then the
candidate having the lowest number of votes shall be a losing candidate. (c)
Each vote for a losing candidate shall be transferred to the Elector's next
choice (if any) who is a remaining candidate in the district. (d) The two
prior steps shall be repeated until there are [5] remaining candidates in the
district who shall be elected. (e) A lottery shall be held if tie votes occur
in any step. (f) Each member of a legislative body (or his or her replacement)
shall have a voting power in the legislative body and its committees, in
person or by written proxy, equal to the votes that the member finally
receives in the election [(subject to Article 2, Section 2 changes)]. (g)
Example-
C = Candidates          Voting Power
C1  21          = 21 +   1   = 22
C2  20          = 20 +   5   = 25
C3  15          = 15 +   3   = 18
C4  12 + 5    = 17           = 17
C5  12 + 1    = 13 - 13   =   0
C6  11 + 3    = 14 +   2   = 16
C7   9  - 9     =   0          =   0
VNT 0            =   0 +   2  =   2
    100            100           100
   C7 Loses   C5 Loses
VNT= Votes not transferred

No quotas, no fractions.  Small minorities (smaller than a Droop Quota) could
elect a legislator.   Technically, the candidates should go head to head but
major complexity is added. See the bottom part of the Lowest YES tiebreakers
posting of Aug. 3, 1998.



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