[EM] Low Tech Proxy P.R. Method- Party Variant, 22 Oct 2001

[Forest Simmons]

Can anybody see even one advantage that any of these low tech proxy PR
variants has over Craig Layton's open list cumulative/approval method?

For Craig's PR proposal see message 7686 of the EM archives:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/election-methods-list/message/7686

Craig's method is just as low tech (one bit per candidate) as the
suggested proxy variants, and is easily adapted [follow his EM message
thread!] to give PR results as good as any existing PR method, proxy or
not.

As far as I can see, the only possible advantage of a proxy PR method is
the convenience of just shading one bubble (to designate your proxy) and
letting your proxy worry about how to actually vote.

In the USA (where convenience is right up there with mom and apple pie) 
some of these proxy ideas just might catch on!

Forest