VoteFair representation ranking: Difference between revisions
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'''VoteFair representation ranking''' is a [[Proportional representation|Proportional-representation]] (PR) vote-counting method that uses [[Preferential voting|ranked ballots]] and selects a candidate to win the second seat in a two-seat legislative district. The second-seat winner represents the voters who are not well-represented by the first-seat winner. Any single-winner election method that uses ranked ballots and [[Pairwise counting|pairwise counting]] can be used for the popularity calculations.
This method can be repeated to fill additional seats. For this purpose the STV version would be used for non-partisan elections, such as electing members of a city council. The default (non-STV) version assumes that other elections in the same region still use plurality voting and therefore causes politics to be dominated by two large political parties.
== Description ==
This method first identifies which voters are well-represented by the first-seat winner. Then a reduced influence is calculated for these ballots. Their influence is determined by the extent to which they exceed the 50% majority minimum that is needed to elect the first-seat winner. The remaining ballots have full influence. Using these adjusted influence levels, the most popular of the remaining candidates becomes the second-seat winner.
This method ignores which political party each candidate is in, yet the
== Calculation steps ==
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== STV version ==
This calculation method can be extended to
For these purposes:
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