Re: Anonymous Voting Referendum

[James Henstridge <james jamesh id au>]

On 13/09/04 22:23, Alan Horkan wrote:

> I do mean proportional representation but perhaps it has different
> connotations than I think it does because of the way it is used here in
> Ireland.
Usually proportional representation is used to describe a system where 
the number of seats each party gets is proportional to the number of 
people who voted for them (so if 10% of voters vote for party X, then 
party X gets 10% of the seats).

Since each candidate in the foundation election is an independent and 
can win at most one seat, I don't really think proportional 
representation applies here.

I still think that preferential voting is worth investigating though.  
It seems like a fairer system which handles people voting for popular 
candidates more fairly.

James.

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