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Yakk · 05-26-2005, 02:24 PM

Alternative PR system:

1> Make ridings roughly 5 times larger. (this can vary for geographic reasons).
2> Each riding gets roughly 10 "seats" in the House (5 * 2).
3> One MP or MPP can have more than 1 "seat" or vote in the House.
4> The MP's get a number of seats purportional to the fraction of their vote.

I would also want the following modification:
5> MPs run as a pair of candidates: the candidate and the runnnig mate. The running mate gets just under half of the number of seats that the candidate got.

If the Candidate and Running Mate pair earned 5 seats, the Candidate would get 3 and the Running mate would get 2 seats. If the pair earned 4 seats, Canadidate gets 3 and Running Mate gets 1. (Running mate never gets as many seats as the Candidate).

This prevents the number of MPs in the house from fluxating as much.

Lastly, how exactly you allocate seats to each MP is a detail that matters. "roughly in purportion to votes" isn't detailed enough.

05-26-2005, 02:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
Yakk Wehret Den Anfängen! Location: Ontario, Canada	Alternative PR system: 1> Make ridings roughly 5 times larger. (this can vary for geographic reasons). 2> Each riding gets roughly 10 "seats" in the House (5 * 2). 3> One MP or MPP can have more than 1 "seat" or vote in the House. 4> The MP's get a number of seats purportional to the fraction of their vote. I would also want the following modification: 5> MPs run as a pair of candidates: the candidate and the runnnig mate. The running mate gets just under half of the number of seats that the candidate got. If the Candidate and Running Mate pair earned 5 seats, the Candidate would get 3 and the Running mate would get 2 seats. If the pair earned 4 seats, Canadidate gets 3 and Running Mate gets 1. (Running mate never gets as many seats as the Candidate). This prevents the number of MPs in the house from fluxating as much. Lastly, how exactly you allocate seats to each MP is a detail that matters. "roughly in purportion to votes" isn't detailed enough. __________________ Last edited by JHVH : 10-29-4004 BC at 09:00 PM. Reason: Time for a rest.