<div>Kristofer:</div><div> </div><div>You said:</div><div> </div><div>Similarly, if you pick two states/parties j and k, Webster minimizes the absolute value of S_j/P_j - S_k/P_k, i.e. the difference between "seats per population" (share of influence per person) of state j and k.</div>
<div> </div><div>[endquote]</div><div> </div><div>Of course you can't mean that. You're referring to Webster's transfer property:</div><div> </div><div>If, starting with the Webster allocation, one state gives a seat to another state, then that will increase the difference between their s/p. It certainly will never decrease it.</div>
<div> </div><div>That pair difference minimization only applies to two states during a transfer of a seat.</div><div> </div><div>Mike Ossipoff</div><div> </div><div> </div>