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==Origin== |
==Origin== |
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The first suggestion for squaring votes before assigning seats in proportion to these squares appears to have been made by Julian Wiseman in 2000, proposing the system to elect the UK Westminster parliament.<ref>{{cite web |first=Julian |last=Wiseman |title=PR-Squared: A New Description |url=http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/electsys/pr2.html |date=September 1, 2001}}</ref> In May 2010, Rod Stringer{{efn|using the internet handle ''RodCrosby''}} offered improvements that would make the system more practical and politically acceptable, and this version of the system was later simplified.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rod |last=Stringer |title=AS PR BECOMES CENTRE STAGE – WHAT ABOUT THIS |url=https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2010/05/10/as-pr-becomes-centre-stage-what-about-this/ |date=May 10, 2010}}</ref> |
The first suggestion for squaring votes before assigning seats in proportion to these squares appears to have been made by Julian Wiseman in 2000, proposing a version of the system to elect the UK Westminster parliament.<ref>{{cite web |first=Julian |last=Wiseman |title=PR-Squared: A New Description |url=http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/electsys/pr2.html |date=September 1, 2001}}</ref> In May 2010, Rod Stringer{{efn|using the internet handle ''RodCrosby''}} offered improvements that would make the system more practical and politically acceptable, and this version of the system was later simplified.<ref>{{cite web |first=Rod |last=Stringer |title=AS PR BECOMES CENTRE STAGE – WHAT ABOUT THIS |url=https://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2010/05/10/as-pr-becomes-centre-stage-what-about-this/ |date=May 10, 2010}}</ref> |
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==Objectives and rationale== |
==Objectives and rationale== |
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