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LAP (Locally-Accountable Proportional) representation is a system for electing a legislature, such that ballot secrecy is preserved but each voter can know who their representative is. Unlike with single-member districts (as currently used in the US and UK), an overwhelming majority (not just a little more than half) of voters will have a representative whom they've actually supported in some way. It is designed to be a gentle change from a single-member-district system, and districts can remain unchanged. Most representatives will represent multiple districts, and each district will have one representative from each represented party. For instance, if two parties divide the legislature 50:50, then each representative will have two districts and each district will have two representatives (one from each party). The basic idea is:
* Candidates pre-announce their rank-ordering of the parties (starting with their own party) and may optionally approve/disapprove
* Voters may vote on the candidates in their or nearby districts, or write in candidates from farther off. Votes are delegated by default but optionally, voters may refuse to delegate or vote approval-style.
* Each delegated ballot is transformed into the pre-announced vote of the candidate it supports.
* A legislature is elected by a version of [[STV]] (with fractional transfers and a Droop quota.)
* Each district "drafts" one member of each elected party from the elected slate.
* Your representative is the member of the party you voted for who is representing your district.
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* Each vote is transformed into the pre-announced party preference order and individual approvals/disapprovals of the candidate it chooses.
* A legislature is elected by a version of [[STV]]
:*Delegated votes first count full-weight for their chosen candidate. Once that candidate is elected or eliminated, a vote is divided equally among all non-disapproved, non-eliminated members of the top party remaining on that ballot with any such members.
:*Undelegated votes are divided equally among all approved, non-eliminated candidates on that ballot.
:*Any candidates who reach a [[Droop quota]] are immediately and simultaneously elected, and their ballots are reweighted to eliminate a Droop quota.
:*If there are no candidates who reach a [[Droop quota]], the party with the fewest votes is identified, and the candidate from that party with the fewest votes is eliminated. All votes for that candidate are reassigned as outlined above.
:*If the above finishes without electing a full slate, the last candidate to be eliminated is elected.
:*If there is still no full slate, the process is rerun from the beginning (again electing the last candidate standing) until a full slate is reached.
* Each district "drafts" one member of each elected party from the elected slate.
:The draft proceeds as follows:
:*General rule: All representatives from a party must be drafted N times before any representative from that party may be drafted N+1 times.▼
:*General rule: No district may draft two representatives from the same party.▼
:*First, each representative is drafted by their home district.
:*From then on, the draft proceeds in descending order of votes. That is, if more votes from district 1 go to candidate A than any other eligible district:candidate pair, then A is drafted to that district.
▲::*General rule: All representatives from a party must be drafted N times before any representative from that party may be drafted N+1 times.
▲::*General rule: No district may draft two representatives from the same party.
* Your representative is the member of the party you voted for who is representing your district. If no member of the party you voted for was elected, then you may look at the public ballot of your chosen candidate to see which of your district's representatives is yours.
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