| Intriguing. Could a person have their vote assigned to more than one person if none of them have won yet? (Probably with some sort of ranking to resolve any ambiguities as to who their vote goes to) I'm not sure if that would be the optimal threshold for number of votes needed. Here is an idea for a small modification: First, have all the voters vote on the number of congresspeople to have, and then pick the median (if there is an even number of votes, and the middle two are different, pick between the two at random). Then, after the result of the first vote has been decided, have everyone vote on the vote threshold (making sure that they are informed of what the voters/seats number), and again, take the median of the votes (and again, if a tie between 2 values, pick between the two at random. Don't average them.). Then do what you said, with the chosen number of seats and the chosen vote threshold. There are no doubt some downsides to this method. I don't yet have enough understanding of them to fully recommend it, but it seems worth looking into! |