Democracy Journal Symposium on Proportional Representation

The Fall 2023 edition of Democracy Journal includes a symposium on the subject of Proportional Representation. Here is a link to that edition of Democracy Journal.

Thanks to the FairVote daily email for the link to this.


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Democracy Journal Symposium on Proportional Representation — 14 Comments

  1. PR PLUS OTHER BASIC REFORMS –

    EQUAL BALLOT ACCESS – NOM PETS/FILING FEES

    NONPARTISAN EXECS/JUDICS

    TOTAL SOP

    HOW MANY 18 USC 2383 INSURRECTION/REBELLION INDICTMENTS COMING ???

    – ESP FOR THE TRUMP 2020 FAKE 12 AMDT ELECTORS. — IN RE 14-3 AMDT.

  2. I have always been an advocate of proportional representation. The minor parties would be able to participate in government better under that system.

  3. Not likely. You’d need 2% for one seat in congress, which would only happen in the biggest states, and only if proportional representation is statewide.

  4. TOTAL VOTES / TOTAL MEMBERS = EQUAL VOTES TO ELECT

    SURPLUS VOTES DOWN

    LOSER VOTES UP

    ALL VOTES COUNT.

  5. The article ‘Avoiding the PR Mistakes of the Past’ was interesting.

    It argues that STV over time devolves into party lists.

  6. AZ scheme for proportional representation is obviously different from Felix Ling scheme. Sounds pretty dumb and not compatible with his candidate rankings, Rcv, etc.

    Zero insurrection indictments coming. Alternative slates of electors are legal and have been drawn up before. There may eventually be indictments for the Biden gang who installed him as a senile puppet of the Chinese Communist Party in a stolen election.

  7. Why not one party representative per precinct for voting access, with a standing counts of vote per party?

  8. PR–100 PERCENT / TOTAL MEMBERS

    TECH DROOP QUOTA — [ 100 / (M+!) ] + 1

    COPY — PASTE NEXT TO I-NET MONITOR

  9. @Biden,

    Under STV, the quota is TV/(M+1), where TV is the total votes, and M is the magnitude of the district or number of persons elected.

    If M is 3, then each elected member represents 25% of the votes. 75% of the voters are represented and 25% get none. Some of the voters may be represented by their 8th choice.

    If M is increased then more voters are represented. If M is 99, then the quota is 1% of the Total Vote,

    But as M increases, there will be additional candidates running and the district will be larger. Ranking by voters becomes more complex.

    In addition, the number of votes cast in different districts will be different. One district might have 100,000 votes, while another district has 80,000. If both elect 3 members, then a representative in one district will represent 25,000 votes and 20,000 in the second.

    AZ’s scheme attempts to address these issues. I don’t know how Ling would address them.

  10. https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-gop-pursue-nonpartisan-redistricting-210037165.html

    Wisconsin’s Democratic governor rejects GOP’s surprise redistricting plan
    SCOTT BAUER
    Updated Tue, September 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM EDT

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers shot down as “bogus” a surprise plan Republicans floated Tuesday that would have the Legislature approve new maps drawn by nonpartisan staff, preempting the state Supreme Court from tossing the current GOP-drawn boundaries.
    The Republican move comes as Wisconsin justices are considering two Democratic-backed lawsuits seeking to toss the current maps, first enacted in 2011, that are among the most gerrymandered in the country and have helped Republicans increase their majority.
    Republicans have long opposed plans put forward by Democrats to enact a nonpartisan redistricting process. But now, faced with the likelihood that the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court was going to throw out their maps ahead of the 2024 election, Republicans proposed enacting a new system modeled after neighboring Iowa.

    COMMIES V FASCISTS IN DAIRYCOW / CHEESEHEADS LAND

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