How many "at large" votes does each person have?

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Post #255,161 by ben_tilly 5/11/06 9:28:23 PM Reply	How many "at large" votes does each person have? If each person has 2, and each party is smart enough to only run 2 candidates, then the party with the most voters will get both slots. But if each person can only vote for one at large position, then the party with an outright majority can't guarantee winning both positions. In this form of proportional voting it is absolutely critical that either each person only have one vote, or that each person can vote multiple times for the same candidate. Otherwise the dynamics change a lot. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #255,201 by boxley 5/12/06 8:29:52 AM Reply	if you have 2 at large seats ya have one vote for both seats way it works here in america is one position, one vote. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #255,256 by ben_tilly 5/12/06 12:00:35 PM Reply	One vote per seat works IF people are allowed to vote multiple times for the same person. That's not how things are traditionally done in America, though. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #255,257 by jb4 5/12/06 12:07:21 PM Reply	You OBVIOUSLY don't live in Chicago.... jb4 "So don't pay attention to the approval ratings that say 68% of Americans disapprove of the job this man is doing. I ask you this, does that not also logically mean that 68% approve of the job he's not doing? Think about it. I haven't." — Stephen Colbert, at the White House Correspondent's Dinner 29Apr06

Weird proposal to allow DC a vote in the House. - (Another Scott) - (26) - May 11, 2006, 12:05:03 AM EDT

Obviously setup to keep the balance. - (JayMehaffey) - (24) - May 11, 2006, 12:34:36 AM EDT

Permanently at large congress members could be good - (ben_tilly) - (23) - May 11, 2006, 10:52:37 AM EDT

I don't like that idea. - (Another Scott) - (6) - May 11, 2006, 12:52:24 PM EDT

An at large must pander to the strident majority - (boxley) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 01:21:31 PM EDT

? That's not the way it works in DC. - (Another Scott) - May 11, 2006, 02:07:01 PM EDT

I don't like it, either - (jb4) - (3) - May 11, 2006, 01:50:13 PM EDT

who programs the computer? -NT - (boxley) - (2) - May 11, 2006, 02:21:00 PM EDT

adminiScott! - (jb4) - May 11, 2006, 02:35:54 PM EDT

The algorithm would have to be public - (JayMehaffey) - May 11, 2006, 03:08:55 PM EDT

Making them all at large might be OK - (JayMehaffey) - (15) - May 11, 2006, 03:01:33 PM EDT

Don't tell me...you're an Engineer, right? -NT - (jb4) - May 11, 2006, 03:09:53 PM EDT

Alaska is a perfect example of why that doesnt work - (boxley) - (13) - May 11, 2006, 04:25:44 PM EDT

See Another Scott's comments about DC - (ben_tilly) - (10) - May 11, 2006, 05:13:17 PM EDT

must be missing something - (boxley) - (9) - May 11, 2006, 06:26:53 PM EDT

Yes, you must :-) - (ben_tilly) - (8) - May 11, 2006, 07:02:46 PM EDT

And then you can have NC's 12th Congressional district. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 08:50:10 PM EDT

True dat, but... - (ben_tilly) - May 11, 2006, 09:29:47 PM EDT

doesnt work that way - (boxley) - (5) - May 11, 2006, 09:06:10 PM EDT

How many "at large" votes does each person have? - (ben_tilly) - (3) - May 11, 2006, 09:28:23 PM EDT

if you have 2 at large seats ya have one vote for both seats - (boxley) - (2) - May 12, 2006, 08:29:52 AM EDT

One vote per seat works IF - (ben_tilly) - (1) - May 12, 2006, 12:00:35 PM EDT

You OBVIOUSLY don't live in Chicago.... -NT - (jb4) - May 12, 2006, 12:07:21 PM EDT

Problem is *not enough* at -large seats - (drewk) - May 12, 2006, 08:48:40 AM EDT

Which is why I don't both house to be that way - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - May 11, 2006, 09:28:47 PM EDT

Right now neither house has proportional distribution -NT - (ben_tilly) - May 11, 2006, 09:31:49 PM EDT

Looks less likely it'll happen this year. - (Another Scott) - May 13, 2006, 08:20:19 AM EDT

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