<HTML><BODY>There is something wierd with your message that the post sizes are quite large.<br>
<br>
This is causing them (and my reply) to be auto moderated. Also, it shifted your<br>
original post to my spam folder, which means that others may not have read it.<br>
<br>
Anyway, hopefully this post wouldn't be that large as I have deleted everything <br>
(unless the problem is with the header).<br>
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> I know about open party list - though it offers more control,<br>
> it still offers less than candidate-based methods -<br>
<br>
Right<br>
<br>
> The same goes for asset voting - possibly even more so.<br>
<br>
Asset is actually alot less rigid. If there were 5 seats, there might<br>
be 20-30 candidates and they would all have to negotiate what the<br>
results would be. This allows each voter to know the person <br>
they vote for.<br>
<br>
In effect, you are picking someone to negotiate<br>
on your behalf rather than directly picking a candidate. (Though <br>
with the rules I suggested, the negotiations are constrained. In<br>
ideal asset voting, the seats could be decided in any manner that<br>
they candidates decides as long as they have enough votes)<br>
<br>
> Does anyone have other suggestions? If STV were to be used, what rules would be best? <br>
<br>
If you are doing it on computer than then normal method is to<br>
have each ballot stored along with a weighting.<br>
<br>
The weighting is set to 1.0 at the start for everyone.<br>
<br>
VC = Vote for the candidate<br>
Quota = (Total Votes)/(Seats + 1)<br>
<br>
1) Allocate each ballot to the highest ranked candidate<br>
on the ballot who hasn't been elected or eliminated yet<br>
<br>
2) Sum the weighting of all ballots for each candidate<br>
<br>
3) If the highest candidate has greater (not equal) than the quots<br>
-- The candidate is elected<br>
-- Multiply the weightings of each ballots allocated to that candidate<br>
by<br>
<br>
(VC-Quota)/(VC)<br>
<br>
Otherwise,<br>
<br>
eliminate the candidate with the fewest votes<br>
<br>
4) Goto 1) until all seats are filled.<br>
<br>
There are some benefits from recalculating the quota as the <br>
election progresses due to exhausted ballots. However, <br>
that is not likely to be a problem for a student election.<br>
<br>
Step 3 can be accomplished by randomly selecting ballots to <br>
make up the surplus, but if you are using a computer anyway, <br>
then that is not a problem.<br>
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