On Behalf Of Abd ul-Rahman Lomax Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:30 PM > > Proportional Representation, of course, advances the diversity position, > but also is based on a party system.
You are considering only one version of PR, ie party PR. With STV-PR (choice voting) there need be no parties nor is there any need to assume the existence of parties. Of course, STV-PR works equally well when the candidates are nominated by parties, but importantly, the relationships are different from those created by party-PR. (I recognise this is a multi-seat election intrusion into what is almost exclusively a single-winner election discussion, but my original comment was prompted by Stephane's completely general assertion about the goal of an electoral system.) James Gilmour ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
