[EM] Another PR method based on ranked ballots

[Olli Salmi]

At 08:46 -0800 23.3.2003, Alex Small wrote:
>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?

Nothing. It's a feudal relic, necessary only in federal states.

At 16:07 -0800 23.3.2003, Alex Small wrote:
>I think it's an open question as to which house would be
>elected by PR, and also an open question as to which house should be
>elected by PR (what would be and what should be are not always the same).

The lower, which traditionally represents the people. I presume this 
means the larger and more powerful one, but I don't know if that is 
the case everywhere.

Olli Salmi