[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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