[EM] PLACED voting: a simplification of GOLD voting

[Jameson Quinn]

PLACED voting stands for "proportional, locally-accountable, candidate
endorsement delegation voting".

Like GOLD, it is a biproportional method; that is, it gives proportionality
(at the level of party coalitions, if not precisely at that of individual
parties) while still guaranteeing one winner per district. Also like GOLD,
it uses delegation to achieve simple ballots and summability. This
combination means that it is well-suited to "fix gerrymandering"; that is,
as a proportional method to replace FPTP.

Unlike GOLD, it relies primarily on limited delegation rather than on
optional delegation so that even well-connected party insiders are
accountable (that is, that they are susceptible to being voted out if
unpopular). That is, votes in PLACED are delegated by default; though
non-delegation is still an option to meet constitutional concerns about
freedom of choice, it is not emphasized or encouraged. But the power
granted by delegation is only the power to rate (or "endorse") each
candidate at one of three levels; within a level, transfer order is decided
by raw, direct vote tallies. This low-resolution delegated power should
impede vote-funneling to relatively-unpopular candidates.

Here are the full rules <http://wiki.electorama.com/wiki/PLACED_voting>.
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