[EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
All current forms of party list proportional representation have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence denied any representation (this is particularly relevant if the legislature has a threshold). However, votes for a par

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread James Gilmour
Greg Nisbet > Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:25 PM > All current forms of party list proportional representation > have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is > inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence > denied any representation (this is particularly rel

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Dave Ketchum
Glad to see thinking, though we part company on some details. On Aug 13, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Greg Nisbet wrote: All current forms of party list proportional representation have each voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this is inadequate since a small party can be eliminated and hence d

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Dave Ketchum wrote: > Glad to see thinking, though we part company on some details. > > > On Aug 13, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Greg Nisbet wrote: > > All current forms of party list proportional representation have each >> voter cast a vote for a single party. I say this

[EM] School of Election Science on Wikiversity

2011-08-13 Thread Michael Allan
Thanks for the welcome Abd, and thanks for answering my question. Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote: > Well, take a look around Wikiversity. If you are interested, > participate. > > Or just watch, or just wait. As your proxy, I'll contact you if I > think your participation might be needed in something.

Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal

2011-08-13 Thread Greg Nisbet
> Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:32:14 +0100 > From: "James Gilmour" > To: > Subject: Re: [EM] Preferential Party List Method Proposal > Message-ID: <1E8F1DC34EB34C50A49239C7C1BA6CCB@u2amd> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Greg Nisbet > Sent: Saturday, August 13,