Hallo, Stephane Rouillon asked me for a comment about this paper: http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/public/get_involved/submission/ROUILLON-65
I replied (21 May 2004): > Your proposal (SPPA) is a so-called "best winner" method of > Mixed-Member Proportional Representation. That means: The > electorate is divided into single-winner districts; the seats > are distributed to the parties in proportion to their votes; > if a party gets M seats then those M candidates of this party > win who got most votes. Such a method was proposed by the > Hansard Commission and is used in Baden-Wuerttemberg. > > However, I don't believe that the proposed combination of the > "best winner" method of Mixed-Member Proportional Representation > on the one side and preferential voting on the other side (pages > 3-6) will work. I guess that when SPPA is being used then most > voters will bullet vote for the candidate of their favorite > party to guarantee that his vote will not go to a different > party. > > I consider the "crutch" option (page 6) to be unrealistic. > In any case, there is no connection between the "crutch" > option and SPPA. Therefore, I suggest that you should propose > the "crutch" option in a separate submission. > > I consider the random assignment of the voters and the > candidates (pages 7-8) to be unrealistic. I don't believe > that the parties will run their specialists against each > other; I rather believe that the opposition will run their > most important candidates against weaker candidates of the > party in power to make sure that their most important > candidates are elected. Markus Schulze ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
