On 9/23/08, Kathy Dopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of another election scheme that allows for the split > of a vote into fractions? Do other jurisdictions with IRV use > fractions to transfer surplus votes over a threshold amount, other > than Minneapolis? >
I am not sure exactly what you are asking here, all STV systems have some way of fractionally transfering the surplus. In Ireland, for the Dail, the votes to transfer is determined randomly. However, it is based on the next choice on each ballot. So, assume a candidate obtained 11,000 votes and there was a quota of 10,000. The ballots would then be divided into piles based on the next choice. It might work out as Pile A) 1230 Pile B) 6120 Pile C) 2650 Surplus 1000 Randomly, 123 ballots would be picked from pile A, 612 from pile B and 265 from pile C. This means that even though they are random, the first transfer is accurate to a single ballot. - Re-reading your original post, I think the Seanad rules in Ireland might be what you are looking for. Each voter effectively casts 1000 votes. This allows fractional transfers accurate to 1/1000th of a vote. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info