On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Peter Zbornik <pzbor...@gmail.com> wrote: > James, Jonathan, > > I need that the quoted-in people are quoted-in in such a way, that the > proportionality of the election is not significantly disturbed.
James Gilmour has the right idea. Elect 5 seats, but don't eliminate a candidate if there aren't at least 3 of that gender uneliminated (so you might eliminate the 3rd lowest, if the other 2 were "protected") That means that at the end there will be at least 2 of each gender in the set of 5 winners. The remaining "elections" only have 1 elimination Elect 4 out of those 5. When all surpluses have been transferred, the lowest candidate of the majority gender is given rank 5 Elect 3 out of remaining 4. When all surpluses have been transferred, the lowest candidate is given rank 4 Elect 2 out of remaining 3. When all surpluses have been transferred, the lowest candidate of the majority gender is given rank 3 Do a head to head runoff between the last 2 based on the rankings, the winner gets rank 1 and the loser gets rank 2. You could end up with M - W - W - M - M It isn't guaranteed that every 2nd will be a man and a woman, but the max imbalance is 1. top-1: 1 man and no women top-2: 1 man and 1 woman top-3: 1 man and 2 women top-4: 2 men and 2 women top-5: 3 men and 2 women In all cases, the imbalance is limited to 1. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
