[fvc-wat-disc] Comparing voting systems

[Mary Jackes]

Thank you.  I'm sorry I wasn't there.

The spreadsheet made me check on the Gallagher Index.  I am amazed that 
Minister Monsef made such a fuss about this in the House of Commons 
(I've always wondered about that bit of theatre).  Now I see that it is 
a perfectly simple and sensible formula. The government should have been 
ashamed - a real misleading of Canadians.

All the best,

Mary


On 3/29/2018 3:34 PM, Evan Rosamond wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Thanks to all who attended last night's discussion, especially the 
> noisy ones. The comparison project is obviously a work in progress, so 
> your thoughts and arguments were helpful and appreciated.
>
> It's likely to take some more discussing and arguing to make this 
> chart into a useful tool. For example:
>
>   * Other proportionality needs better definition. A sort of Gallagher
>     Index for gender, age, native, immigrant etc. would be great but I
>     haven't found it yet. Will keep looking.
>   * The three columns having to do with simplicity need a full
>     rewrite. They are not well defined or evaluated.
>   * The Increase # of MPs column need testing and approval by committee.
>   * Are there any more attributes that should be on the chart? Are
>     they measurable?
>   * Weights need to be defined and agreed on by as big a group as we
>     can get. Maybe we should try a Borda count election of weights.
>   * When everything is working correctly, we can add some more voting
>     systems.
>
>  I've included two versions of the spreadsheet, a .ods for OpenOffice 
> users and a .xls which ought to be readable by any spreadsheet program.
>
>
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