On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Kristofer Munsterhjelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A multiwinner analog of random > candidate would be vulnerable to cloning, and I don't think random ballot > (pick n ballots) would be proportional either.
Actually, pick n ballots would be proportional. If there are N seats and you have 1/N support, then on average you will get one seat. Ofc, there would be variation from the average. An extremist faction could win all N seats, but that is not likely. However, that is also true for single seat random ballot, a candidate with 1% support could win. Has anyone considered PR-STV with random ballot elimination? It would work exactly like PR-STV except one ballot would be picked and the lowest ranked candidate on the ballot uneliminated candidate would be eliminated (excluding elected candidates). Also, ballots that are being 'held' by elected candidates would not be included for selection. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info