[EM] Simple P.R. method

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Thu Oct 7 16:58:50 PDT 1999


A simple p.r method for low tech/ no tech areas (and possibly for so-called 
high tech areas) ----

A. Each voter may vote [X vote] for any legislative body candidate.

B. Each candidate may transfer all or part of the votes that he/she receives 
to any other candidate in any district or at large.

[Any party getting Z Droop Quotas would likely get Z seats.  There might be a 
requirement that each candidate specify before the election who would get all 
or part of the votes cast for him/her.]

C. The N candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.

[Option- the candidate with the lowest number of votes shall repeatedly lose 
until there are only N candidates remaining who shall be elected.]

D. Each elected candidate shall have a voting power in the legislative body 
and its committees, in person or by written proxy, equal to the final number 
of votes that he/she receives.

[The final losing sub- Droop Quota of votes would likely get transferred.]

Low tech option for Banzhaf Paradox fans -  Each elected candidate shall have 
one vote in the legislative body and its committees, in person or by written 
proxy.

[This would force above Droop Quota votes for any candidate to be transferred 
or to be lost.]

Almost anything must be done to get indirect Democracy into the U.S.A, 
Canada, the U.K. House of Commons, India, etc. before lunatic/ extremist 
indirect minority rule gerrymander politician- legislators cause major local, 
national and/or international problems (even worse than those currently 
existing).



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