Re: [EM] Unicameral single-member + PR in Germany (Re: CompetitiveDistricting Rule)

2006-10-17 Thread James Gilmour
Stephane OK, but the onus is on you to find and define some new terminology for the situation you describe. The common meaning of single-member district as a district represented by only one member elected by a single-winner voting system is so well established that it would be unreasonable, in

Re: [EM] Unicameral single-member + PR in Germany (Re: CompetitiveDistricting Rule)

2006-10-16 Thread Stephane Rouillon
It is possible to achieve PR with single-member districts if by single-member district it means only one representative of any political can be candidate. This unclassical definition does not say that there will be only one winner. There could be several or even none. However, if by

Re: [EM] Unicameral single-member + PR in Germany (Re: CompetitiveDistricting Rule)

2006-10-16 Thread James Gilmour
Stephane a écrit : It is possible to achieve PR with single-member districts if by single-member district it means only one representative of any political can be candidate. This unclassical definition does not say that there will be only one winner. There could be several or even none.

Re: [EM] Unicameral single-member + PR in Germany (Re: CompetitiveDistricting Rule)

2006-10-16 Thread Stephane Rouillon
Sorry but no, I am definitively not playing with words. I am just making sure that the terminology used, leaves some way to describe SPPA. Call it the way you want, but make sure people understand that a single-runner method can have multiple-winners if the voters of each districts are considered