<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I'd like to propose an STV-like PR method that does without a quota.</div><div><br>Here is the procedure for filling 3 seats:</div><div> </div><div>*Voters rank from the top however many candidates they wish.</div><div> </div><div>To fill the first seat, one-at-time 'eliminate' the candidate highest-ranked<br>(among remaining candidates) on the fewest ballots until 4 candidates</div><div>remain. The candidate A that is then top-ranked on the highest number of<br>ballots is elected.</div><div> </div><div>A is dropped from the ballots and the 'eliminated' candidates are restored.</div><div>Ballots that contributed to A's winning tally are now given a weight of 2 and<br>all the other ballots a weight of 3.</div><div> </div><div>To fill the second seat, one-at-a-time 'eliminate' the candidate that is highest
<br>ranked on the smallest total weight of ballots until 3 candidates remain.</div><div>The candidate B that is then highest ranked on the greatest total weight of</div><div>ballots is elected.</div><div> </div><div>B is dropped from the ballots and previously 'eliminated' candidates are restored.<br>Ballots that contributed to both A's and B's winning tallies are given a weight of 1.</div><div>Ballots that contributed to the winning tally of a single candidate (A or B) are given</div><div>a weight of 2. All the other ballots are given a weight of 3.</div><div> </div><div>To fill the final seat, one-at-a-time eliminate the candidate that is highest ranked </div><div>on the smallest total weight of ballots until 2 remain. The candidate C that is then</div><div>highest ranked on the greatest total weight of ballots is elected.*</div><div> </div><div>So initially each ballot is given a weight that is equal to the
number of seats to be filled, and then they reduce in weight by 1 for each candidate they've helped elect.</div><div> </div><div>The number of candidates the field is reduced to in each round is equal to the numbers of seats not-yet-filled plus 1.</div><div> </div><div>I am sure this meets Droop Proportionality for Solid Coalitions. </div><div> </div><div>At least some versions of STV-PR have the problem that adding or removing</div><div>a few ballots that vote for nobody (say just plump for some X that is ignored</div><div>or voted no higher than equal-bottom on all the other ballots) can change at</div><div>least one of the winners by changing the size of the quota.<br></div><div>It is much simpler than Meek to explain and operate, but seems (from some </div><div>examples I've seen) to give Meek-like results.</div><div> </div><div>Chris Benham<var
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