[EM] PR solutions (was: Gerrymandering solutions).

[Jameson Quinn]

2012/6/7 Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>

> Juho & Jameson:
>
> Jameson:
>
> You describe a complicated new PR system. But why, when there are already
> good PR systems?
>
> All PR systems have complicated rules. But PAL representation<http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/PAL_representation>is actually very simple for the voter; they need only cast a single vote,
on a ballot which explicitly lists only a manageable dozen or so candidates
(though it allows write-ins for a broader number). And, as it's name
implies, PAL uses that single vote to achieve a result that's:

   - Proportional: Fully proportional by party; even the inevitable
   rounding paradoxes are dealt with in a way that maximizes both
   representation and legitimacy.
   - Accountable: Voter-centric "open list", with no "safe seats".
   - Local: uses a single-member district map, so, though as PR it makes
   gerrymandering irrelevant, it doesn't require any redistricting. In fact,
   it is the least disruptive possible PR reform; incumbents can be assured
   that, if single-member districts are not unfairly gerrymandered and if
   voters actually vote for only two parties, the results will be exactly the
   same as single-member FPTP. Moreover, unlike single-member districts, each
   district is assigned one representative per winning party (and each
   representative has multiple districts), so that a strong supermajority of
   voters have a representative whom they supported, who's accountable to them.

Jameson
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