[EM] PR and Second Chambers

[James Gilmour]

Alex had asked:
> >> Let me close with a question:  For those who still think single-member
> >> districts have no place in a legislature, what do you propose as a
> >> good model for a bicameral legislature?

In my earlier replies I "overlooked" the most obvious example - the Parliament of
the Republic of Ireland.  The two Houses, the Dail and the Senate, are both
elected by STV-PR, but the constituencies within which the electors vote are very
different.  I don't know that I would want to replicate exactly either
constituency model, but it is a bicameral legislature that seems to work well.

James