Open and Closed Lists (was ...STV for Candidate...)
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Wed Feb 13 19:10:33 PST 2002
Mr. Salmi wrote-
You seem to disapprove of the Droop quota. I don't think we can really
avoid wasted votes
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D- For legislative body elections there can be proxy p.r. -- NO wasted votes.
Sample 3 seats, 100 voters
Final results (after vote transfers from losers) --
Voting Power
B 40
E 35
G 25
100
STV/Droop would have the winners getting 26 each with 22 wasted votes.
Expand the math for larger legislative bodies.
Of course, for executive/judicial elections there may be 50 percent minus 1
wasted votes -- See each U.S.A. President election since 1832 --- with some
President losers even getting more popular votes than the de facto winner
(due to the totally evil ANTI-Democracy machinations of the Electoral
College) -- as in Nov. 2000.
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