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Lets say that each state have 10 seats. Anyone can run for a seat in a state, but not in more than one state. Two or more people can form a party and have that
by hvidgaard 9y ago
Lets say that each state have 10 seats. Anyone can run for a seat in a state, but not in more than one state. Two or more people can form a party and have that party on the voting list with them personally on the ballot paper under that party name. (Some mechanism should prevent everyone and his mother to run for shit'n'giggles, e.g. a % of all voters signatures).
Distribute the seats based on largest quotient (details need not to be understood by lay man, but it is fairly simple), and there it is all states equally represented. If people are unsatisfied with current politician, they don't have to become part of the established system to enter.
- Nokinside 9y agoNo need to invent anything new. Correct way to get proportional representation has been already figured out. It's called d'Hondt method or Jefferson method. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Hondt_method Thomas Jefferson introduced the method for proportional allocation of seats in the United States House of Representatives in 1791. Victor D'Hondt published it in 1882. d'Hondt and Jefferson methods are equivalent. Only difference is the way result is calculated. d'Hondt method is used all over the world, but I Americans might feel more patriotic using Jefferson method.
- hvidgaard 9y agoThat is what I just described.