[EM] proportional constraints - help needed

Kristofer Munsterhjelm km_elmet at lavabit.com
Tue Feb 5 22:50:46 PST 2013


On 02/05/2013 09:37 PM, Peter Zbornik wrote:
> Hi Kristofer,
>
> I am afraid your approach might in some cases not lead to
> proportionally distributed quoted-in candidates.
>
> For instance, say we have three coalitions: A, B, C.
> Coalition A and B get their first place candidate
> Coalition C get their second place candidate quoted-in (i.e. they
> would prefer Agda, but they get Adam due to the quota rules).
> Coalition A and B get the third and fourth place candidates respectively.
> Coalition C, again, get their fifth place candidate quoted in (i.e.
> they would prefer Erica, but they get Eric due to the quota rules).
>
> This approach leads to an unproportional distribution of quoted-in
> seats (candidates) as Coalition C get both of the quoted-in candidates
> and Coalition A and B get none.

So you need not just proportionality in the group as a whole, but 
proportionality within each gender too?




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