Jurij wrote -

Most of the countries draw districts according to the total "population".

Some draw them according to the "total number of voters" (for example

England) but none does it according to the "votes cast". The reason is

called "equal voting right principle". If the districts would be drawn

according to the votes cast that would mean that people that do not vote

would be underrepresented. However, they should not be underrepresented

since they have a right to be represented equally, too. But it is their

decision if they want to vote or not. Even if they do not vote, they should

be equally represented. Therefore districts have to be drawn according to

the total population. There is a difference between those that use the

population principle and those that use number of voters. The idea of the

first countries is that all the people have a voting right, but the minors

etc. do not execute it yet. Or, some ideas say - all the people have the

right to be equally represented, not just the voters. The second sort of

countries say that minors do not have a voting right and do not have a right

to be equally represented. Therefore, by your system, in any case the

principle of "equal voting right" or principle of "equal representation"

would be violated.
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D- Again (for about the 15th time- a legislative body exists ONLY because ALL 
the Electors (and NOT the non-Electors in the population) cannot assemble in 
person and make the laws.

Some *Non-Elector* groups  --- aliens, children, disqualifed adult persons   
-- felons in jail or ex-felons (in many U.S.A. States) (who are obviously in 
concentrated areas), mentally ill persons, military persons in temporary 
bases in a State (who are obviously in concentrated areas), etc.

That is, like it or not, the Electors are supposed to represent the 
Non-Electors.

A remedy to represent all actual Electors is proxy p.r. --- each winner has a 
voting power equal to the final number of votes that he/she receives.

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