Re: [EM] Using weights to compensate multiple votes (It's mostlyabout PR)

2004-08-27 Thread Bart Ingles
If you search the archives for Proportional Approval or PAV you may find something along these lines. There have been several proposals with same name going back at least to 1998. Also search on d'Hondt. Bart Philippe Errembault wrote: I think there something I didn't realise before

RE: [EM] Using weights to compensate multiple votes (It's mostlyabout PR)

2004-08-25 Thread James Gilmour
Philippe Errembault Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:25 AM In fact, I'm trying to find a solution for a problem we have in Belgium with a proportional representation system... The big solution is simple: change to STV-PR. That will solve your specific problem and bring many other

STV-PR Re: [EM] Using weights to compensate multiple votes (It's mostlyabout PR)

2004-08-25 Thread Dr . Ernie Prabhakar
Hi James, On Aug 25, 2004, at 4:20 AM, James Gilmour wrote: One part of a smaller solution would be to make the list order irrelevant, but that would not please the party managers. Even if you did that and allowed voters to mark several candidates within a given party list, you would not