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==Origin==

The first suggestion for squaring votes before assigning seats in proportion to these squares appears to have been made by Julian Wiseman in 1998, 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,<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>and this version of the system was later simplified.

The first suggestion for squaring votes before assigning seats in proportion to these squares appears to have been made by Julian Wiseman in 1998, 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<ref>using the internet handle ''RodCrosby''</ref> offered improvements that would make the system more practical and politically acceptable,<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>and this version of the system was later simplified.

==Objectives and rationale==