[EM] Exact P.R. - Multiple Plurality Winners 21 June 2014

[Kathy Dopp]

Nice clear description you gave.  The method seems very good, although
how is the "tyranny of the majority" discouraged? (i.e. giving the
winners unequal amount of voting power in the legislature might be
taking it too far.)  IMO, you will win more proponents if you avoid
calling people "Morons".  Some of us find it offensive.

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> A very simple P.R. method -- legislative body elections -- to get past the
> armies of math morons --- with their fixation with single member plurality /
> gerrymander AREA stuff.
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> Exact P.R. - Multiple Plurality Winners
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> Candidates file pre-election rank order lists of the other candidates that
> are made public.
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> Each Elector/Voter votes for 1 candidate.
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> The highest M winners in an area are elected - multiple plurality winners.
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> I suggest that M be 5 --- to represent the larger left/right factions.
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> P.R. has a bad name due to too many small one-issue parties.
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> Votes for losers get moved to the winner highest on the loser's rank order
> list.
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> Each winner has a voting power in the legislative body equal to the final
> direct plus moved votes that he/she gets.
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> ALL voters get represented -- both majority rule and minority
> representation.
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> Example- 100 Votes. Elect 5.
> A 20 Elected
> B 18 Elected
> C 15 + 9 = 24 Elected
> D 13 + 8 = 21 Elected
> E 10 + 7 = 17 Elected
> X 9 - 9 = 0 Loses, Votes to C
> Y 8 - 8 = 0 Loses, Votes to D
> Z 7 - 7 = 0 Loses, Votes to E
> Total 100
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> Later - Condorcet Head to Head math using Number Votes with a YES/NO
> tiebreaker (for larger factions having sub-faction problems).
> e.g. some/all of the XYZ folks may be united enough to be 1 of the 5 larger
> factions.
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> Longer term -- Each Elector/Voter has a direct or proxy vote in legislative
> bodies -- would require a 100 percent secure voting system.
> i.e. Agent legislators might only be giving speeches/data to each other --
> with the voters doing the actual voting -- esp. on *major* stuff.
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