[EM] Satisfaction Approval Voting - A Better Proportional Representation Electoral Method

[Kristofer Munsterhjelm]

Kathy Dopp wrote:
> Would that system still be additive like SAV is? Not sure how you
> obtain the satisfaction scores for each possible group of winning
> candidates or candidate satisfaction scores from voters' satisfaction
> scores.

No, it wouldn't be.

As for how the satisfaction scores are determined: first define a 
function f, s.th. f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1, f(2) = 1 + 1/2, f(3) = 1 + 1/2 + 
1/3, etc.

Then, for some given candidate council, each voter v contributes f(q_v) 
points where q_v is the cardinality of the intersection of the 
candidates that voter approved, and the candidates in the council in 
question.

Sum up these scores for all voters. The council (outcome) which would 
maximize the sum, wins.