RE: PR vs. Geographic Representation [WAS: RE: [EM] Bill Lewis, never re-district]

2004-01-28 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
James Gilmour wrote: Have you ever wondered who was drilling that into your skull and why they might want do that? Some who would keep us from the light don't always have the best of motives. Agreed. But independently, I still thought that the choice was between Geographic Representation

RE: PR vs. Geographic Representation [WAS: RE: [EM] Bill Lewis, never re-district]

2004-01-28 Thread James Gilmour
Bill Clark said: I'll look into STV-PR, then. Stephane Rouillon has also suggested to me that I examine SPPA, which I believe may be a variant of (or at least similar to) STV-PR. Searching for both of those terms in conjunction has yielded quite satisfying results from the archive. You

RE: PR vs. Geographic Representation [WAS: RE: [EM] Bill Lewis, never re-district]

2004-01-28 Thread Adam Tarr
Bill Clark wrote: Agreed. But independently, I still thought that the choice was between Geographic Representation and a system that gave political parties a priveleged status (such as party list systems of PR do.) If you're married to the idea of geographic representation (I'll admit it has