[ER] Salva Voting - a single winner method

[Bart Ingles]

Dear Donald,

This method sounds a lot like Bottoms-Up, as described in your web
site.  Or it could be an incomplete description of STV/Hare, with the
part about quotas omitted (if Salva is trying to identify a description
read in a newspaper, for example, he may have been given an incomplete
definition).

I don't think you could call it a form of Approval, since ballots are
ranked and only one choice is used at a time.

Bart



Donald E Davison wrote:
> 
> Greetings list,
> 
>     Salva has sent more information.
> 
> Donald
>   ------------- Forwarded Letter --------------
> From:  Salva
> To: "Donald E Davison" <donald at mich.com>
> Subject: Re: What do you call it?
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:23:02 +0200
> 
> In the method I intended to describe there was no remaining seats. Let's
> suppose a 100 seat parliament. After the first count on the first choice of
> every ballot ALL 100 seats have been allocated. The ballots that have not
> obtained representation are re-counted on their second choice and
> transfered. Now the allocation in done again in all 100 seats, giving
> (though not necessarily) a new picture to these 100 seats. The proces goes
> on giving every time (not necessarily) a new picture of the parliament,
> until the end of the process. The last picture of the parliament is the
> definitive outcome of the election. (in practice the last and definitive one
> differs little from the first and provisional one).
> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - comments by Donald - - - - - - - - - -
> Dear list,
> 
>      Salva's method seems to be a form of Approval Voting. A form that uses
> the lower choices of only the ballots that are not in the tally of the
> first 100 candidates.
> 
>      I feel that Salva is on to something with this method. Therefore I am
> going to call it Salva Voting - being as no one has claimed another name
> for the method.
> 
>      Salva did not state if the 100 member parliament were elected via
> single seat districts or in an One Area Election, but it appears the math
> would work in either. And because the method will function in a single seat
> district, this also makes Salva Voting a single winner method.
> 
>      Salva Voting has a number of good points:
> 
>      1) Salva Voting will always confirm the majority winner if we have one
> on the first count of the ballots. Approval Voting will not always confirm
> the majority winner.
>      2) The lower choices do not help defeat the first choice.
>      3) Salva Voting does not eliminate candidates.
>      4) Salva Voting will never end up in a circular tie.
> 
>      Those of you that are more interested in single winner methods should
> examine Salva Voting. It may be the best single winner method.
> 
> Regards,
> Donald