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<pre><tt><span style="font-family: "verdana";">I may have posted this a while ago, but not sure.<br>
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</span>On the <span class="correction" id="">EC</span>, what about this rule:<br>
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The most popular party shall be assigned a "win margin" which shall be <br>
equal to its total vote cast for the party less the total vote of the<br>
next largest rival.<br>
<br>
Before the count, the party that was assigned a win margin in the <br>
previous election shall be assigned seats such that it receives<br>
a proportion of the seats to allocated equal to its win margin as<br>
a fraction of the total votes cast in the previous election rounded<br>
down.<br>
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Each seat shall cost the party votes equal to the total votes cast in<br>
the election divided by the number of seats to be allocated. The <br>
party's vote total shall be reduced by this <span class="correction" id="">ammount</span> for each seat<br>
it was assigned. All of the remaining seats shall be allocated to <br>
the party that has the most votes after this modification. Also, the<br>
max number of seats that a party can be assigned shall be equal to what<br>
it can "afford".<br>
<br>
This uses the previous election as an estimate of the popularity<br>
of the parties.<br>
<br>
An example:<br>
<br>
10 seats<br>
<br>
Election 1: (no winning margins as first to use system)<br>
A: 70%<br>
B: 30%<br>
<br>
A gets a winning margin of 40%<br>
<br>
A gets all 10 seats<br>
<br>
<br>
Election 2:<br>
<br>
A: 72%<br>
B: 28%<br>
<br>
A gets a new winning margin of 42% (for next election)<br>
A gets 4 seats due to winning margin (40% of 10). This <br>
costs party A 40% of the total votes.<br>
<br>
A: 32%<br>
B: 28%<br>
<br>
A gets remaining 6 seats (all 10 again)<br>
<br>
Election 3<br>
<br>
A: 69%<br>
B: 31%<br>
<br>
A gets 4 seats due to winning margin from previous<br>
(42% of 10 rounded down) and is "charged" 40%.<br>
<br>
A: 29%<br>
B: 31%<br>
<br>
B gets the remaining 6 seats.<br>
<br>
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The effect is that <span class="correction" id="">alot</span> of the seats are competitive. If there<br>
is a 50/50 chance of winning the second step, then the expected<br>
number of seats each party gets is <span class="correction" id="">approx</span> equal to its <br>
proportion of the support in the State.<br>
<br>
In the above example, there would be a 50/50 chance of<br>
<br>
A:10<br>
B:0<br>
<br>
and<br>
<br>
A: 4<br>
B: 6<br>
<br>
It doesn't get all of the State's seats in play, but 6 of<br>
them are. <br>
<br>
If the State had a 50/50 A and B popularity, then no seats<br>
would be allocated in the first step.<br>
<br>
It does suffer from the problem that it is in party <span class="correction" id="">A's</span><br>
<span class="correction" id="">interests</span> to declare itself as A and A'.<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>
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<span class="correction" id="">www</span>.<span class="correction" id="">wikocracy</span>.<span class="correction" id="">com</span></div>
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