User:RodCrosby/QPR2: Difference between revisions

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|<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.