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<p>"there’s no one universal set of principles that govern the
perfect electoral system."</p>
<p>Whoever said there was. <br>
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there’s no one universal set of principles that govern the
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Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 3:58 PM Richard Lung <<a
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style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"">This
poll, I gather from the unfamiliar sounding names, is
of single-member systems. But there need not be two
classes of election systems, single-member and
multi-member. There are not two truths of electoral
system. There is (one truth) general electoral system</span></p>
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style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"">It
has been believed that the lack of proportional
representation in single-member systems set them
apart. But this is not necessarily the case. It is
possible to have a general election system that works
the same way for single-member systems as multi-member
systems. Indeed (pardon me) I have invented it! The
way it is done is to hold both an election count and
an exclusion count, based on keep values, and average
them, whether in a single or multi-member system.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"">This
redeems single-member systems for a rational count, as
in multi-member systems. Without this, single-member
systems, unlike multi-member systems, are stuck at a
sub-rational level of accuracy, and are basically
(“last past the post”) elimination counts.</span></p>
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style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold"">Richard
Lung.</span></p>
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<div>On 11/04/2024 07:45, Chris Benham wrote:<br>
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Have the nominations closed? Not that I want to
nominate another method. <br>
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There has been very little electioneering, with I think
most of the nominated methods not even being mentioned.
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Some haven't even been explained let alone discussed or
promoted. <br>
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When does voting close? <br>
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Chris Benham <br>
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