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This is a method designed to replace first past the post (FPTP; that is, single-member districtriding plurality). As explained below, it gets the considerable advantages of proportional representation without giving up any of the convenience of FPTP. The method works as follows:
 
# '''Candidates rate each other'''
#* ''The possible ratings are "me", "same faction", "same party", "ally from other party", or "non-ally". Ratings are public.''
# '''Voters choose one candidate.''' Each vote is converted into a set of ratings for all candidates.
#* ''The ballot explicitly lists candidates running in the same districtriding, but allows write-ins of candidates from other districtsridings. Voters may also vote by party if they like a party but not the local party candidate.''
# '''Eliminate any candidate who got less than 25% of the local votes or who is not among the top 3 in their districtriding.'''
#* ''For each time a candidate wins from a districtriding that already got a winner, there must be some other districtriding where at least 25% of voters did not vote locally. Once the "nonlocal" districtsridings are used up, all candidates from districtsridings that already have a winner are eliminated.''
# '''Find the winners using "Bucklin Transferable Voting"'''
#* ''Find the quota, the number of votes it would take to win a seat if no more than one quota of votes can be wasted. Say the quota was one thousand votes; in that case, you'd look at each candidate's thousandth-highest rating. Fill seats in order of that. Each time you fill a seat, one quota worth of the ballots that helped elect that candidate are "used up".''
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#* ''When ballots are used up, recount other candidates to see what their new thousandth-highest rating is (or whatever the quota is). Use this to see who wins next.''
# '''The winning candidates each get a territory'''
#* ''Territories are one or more districtsridings assigned by their party, so that each voter is in the territory of one representative per winning party, and each representative has about one quota of voters from their party.''
 
The advantages of this method are as follows. First, the advantages common to all proportional representation systems:
* '''Equality''': gerrymandering is impossible, and each party gets its fair share of seats.
* '''Visibility''': Almost all voters are truly represented; even if you are a minority in your districtriding, your vote helps elect a candidate of your favored party, and you have a sympathetic representative whose job is to listen to you.
 
This method also keeps all the strong points of the current voting system. (The current system is horrible in general, but it still has its strong points.)
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