[EM] proportional constraints - help needed

Peter Zbornik pzbornik at gmail.com
Wed Feb 6 01:33:56 PST 2013


yes, that's it.

P.

2013/2/6 Kristofer Munsterhjelm <km_elmet at lavabit.com>:
> 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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