I haven't been following this discussion closely, but I've long thought
that the best way of allocating seats to multi-member districts is to
just say that subject to every district having at least one seat we do
the allocation after the votes have been cast, based on the numbers of
people who actually vote.
(Then within each district I favour STV-PR rather than any list system..)
Competition between districts should help motivate an overall high
turnout. But maybe there would be added incentives for skulduggery. :(
Chris Benham
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