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<div>The legislature would be made up of <br>
<br>
- Sitting Legislators elected by some PR system<br>
- legislators who still have votes in their pool, but failed to get re-elected<br>
<br>
Both sets are allowed into the legislature and may vote (speaking rights<br>
may be different).<br>
<br>
At the start of each month and before the first session:<br>
<br>
- each legislator's total votes is reduced by 5% (rounded down)<br>
- each Sitting Legislator is allocated 50 extra votes.<br>
<br>
This gives an average of 1000 votes held per legislator and<br>
non-sitting legislators will eventually run out of votes and <br>
even before that their influence will diminish.<br>
<br>
Voting occurs by<br>
<br>
- each legislator indicates for/against and how many votes they would like to cast<br>
<br>
One legislator is selected at random (weighted by number of votes held by<br>
each legislator before the vote) and that legislator's vote is canceled.<br>
Legislators may exclude themselves from this <span class="correction" id="">randomisation</span>, unless they <br>
all ask to be excluded.<br>
<br>
Legislators are then charged using the formula:<br>
<br>
L: Votes cast by the legislator<br>
A: Votes cast the same way as the legislator<br>
B: Votes cast the opposite way to the legislator<br>
N: some parameter ... say 2<br>
^: the power of symbol<br>
<br>
L*(B^N)/(A^N+B^N)<br>
<br>
Rounding occurs upwards.<br>
<br>
The charge always works out at less or equal to what they voted.<br>
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All legislators who vote the same way pay the same fraction of <br>
of their votes.<br>
<br>
The legislators on the losing side are all given votes equal to the the number<br>
they voted as compensation.<br>
<br>
The excluded legislator gets to decide which side wins. However, he must pay<br>
any short fall and gets any surplus.<br>
<br>
As an example:<br>
<br>
5 voters<br>
<br>
A: 20 for<br>
B: 40 for<br>
C: 20 against<br>
D: 60 against<br>
E: 10 against<br>
<br>
E is randomly selected to be excluded<br>
<br>
Totals are:<br>
For: 60<br>
Against: 80<br>
<br>
Calculating the "For" side:<br>
<br>
fraction to be paid = (B^N)/(A^N+B^N)<br>
<br>
(80^2)/(80^20+60^2) = 0.64<br>
<br>
A pays 0.64*20 = 13<br>
B pays 0.64*40 = 26<br>
<br>
Calculating the "Against" side:<br>
<br>
fraction to be paid = (B^N)/(A^N+B^N)<br>
<br>
(60^2)/(80^20+60^2) = 0.36<br>
<br>
C pays 20*0.36 = 8<br>
D pays 80*0.36 = 29<br>
<br>
If E chooses to block the motion, the final totals including <br>
compensation for the losers are:<br>
<br>
A gets 20-13 = 7<br>
B gets 40-26 = 14<br>
C pays = 8<br>
D pays = 29<br>
<br>
Total: 16 surplus<br>
<br>
E gets the 16<br>
<br>
If he chooses to pass the motion, the final totals including<br>
compensation for the losers are:<br>
<br>
A pays = 13<br>
B pays = 26<br>
C gets 20-8 = 12<br>
D gets 60-29 = 31<br>
<br>
Total: 4 deficit <br>
<br>
E has to pay 4.<br>
<br>
Since E was against the motion, he isn't going to pay<br>
4 votes to pass it. The result is that the motion is <br>
blocked.<br>
<br>
A similar process could probably be used to vote where there<br>
is 3 or more options.<br>
<br>
The system means that each legislator would not care which<br>
option E picks. If the legislator loses, the legislator receives<br>
compensation exactly equal to the value of the vote (assuming<br>
he was honest).<br>
<br>
The system depends somewhat on risk aversion and no serious<br>
<span class="correction" id="">agenda</span> setting. For example, <span class="correction" id="">repeatedly</span> trying to pass the <br>
same motion would drain the opponents votes. However, that<br>
can be combated by allowing the motion to pass and then<br>
draining the supporters reserves by trying to repeal it. <br>
<br>
Alternatively, a rule could be included that a bill that is <br>
"essentially the same" cannot be voted on again until <br>
a minimum time has passed.<br>
<br>
The formula for the fractions can be almost anything<br>
and doesn't have to be what I gave. It is supposed to<br>
represent the probability that the bill will pass/fail.<br>
<br>
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<div style="clear: both;"><span class="correction" id="">Raphfrk</span><br>
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Interesting site<br>
"what if anyone could modify the laws"<br>
<br>
<span class="correction" id="">www</span>.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.<span class="correction" id="">com</span></div>
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