[EM] Sainte-Lague, part 3

[Juho]

Here is one example that is not exactly what the description said but  
close to that. It tries to demonstrate situation where "some people  
move from another state to your state (AND PARTY), causing your PARTY  
to lose a seat".

The region in question has 25 inhabitants and 3 seats. There are  
three parties that get 11, 11 and 3 votes. They will all get one seat.

One voter moves in. As a result of this the number of seats of the  
region is increased (based on some/whatever algorithm) to 4. The new  
voter is a supporter of the smallest party. The parties will now get  
11, 11 and 4 votes, and 2, 2 and 0 seats respectively.

The smallest party lost one seat although the region got one extra seat.

Juho Laatu


On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:56 , Chris Benham wrote:

>
>
> MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
>
>> The very first use of the Presidential Veto was when George  
>> Washington
>> vetoed a bill to apportion the house by LR/Hamilton. We used
>> d'Hondt/Jefferson for a while. There was later another bill to enact
>> LR/Hamilton. It passed and wasn't vetored, and LR/Hamilton was  
>> used for a
>> while--till someone pointed out the bizarre paradoxes that it's  
>> subject to:
>> Some people move from another state to your state, causing your  
>> state to
>> lose a seat.
>>
> Mike,
> Can you (or anyone) explain or give a demonstration of  how this
> LR/Hamilton apportionment method
> could do that?
>
>
> Chris  Benham
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