[EM] Simple PR method

[Crabb, Deane (PIRSA)]

I am very concerned at proposal B - that candidates should decide where
votes should be transferred.

Surely this should be the right of the voters ONLY.

This can be achieved by using preferential voting rather than X voting.

The quota-preferential method of PR achieves this, and is not over
complicated to understand and use.  And in any case with computers, can now
be straight forward - particularly in counting the votes and calculating the
results.

-----Original Message-----
From: DEMOREP1 at aol.com [mailto:DEMOREP1 at aol.com]
Sent: Friday, 8 October 1999 9:29
To: election-methods-list at eskimo.com; canada-votes at egroups.com;
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Subject: [EM] Simple P.R. method


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).