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Ulrika Zugzwang
Magnanimous in Victory
Join date: 10 Jun 2004
Posts: 6,382
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01-15-2006 10:42
Using the divisor method to allocate seats, there can ambiguity in which faction to award a seat to, if their scores become tied anytime during the divisor method. For instance, if the following scores after an election were: ABC 10
NBC 9
CBS 9 Because there are five seats on the RA, it works out such that ABC gets 2 seats and NBC and CBS will divide up the remaining three. Even though they have identical scores, one will receive an extra seat. A solution would be to give the extra seat (start the division with) the faction with the highest number of #1 votes. If that is tied, one could go to the highest number of #2 votes and so on. There's also a nondeterministic method which assigns the extra seat at random. What thoughts do you have? ~Ulrika~
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Aliasi Stonebender
Return of Catbread
Join date: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 1,858
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01-15-2006 12:34
From: Ulrika Zugzwang Using the divisor method to allocate seats, there can ambiguity in which faction to award a seat to, if their scores become tied anytime during the divisor method. For instance, if the following scores after an election were: ABC 10
NBC 9
CBS 9 Because there are five seats on the RA, it works out such that ABC gets 2 seats and NBC and CBS will divide up the remaining three. Even though they have identical scores, one will receive an extra seat. A solution would be to give the extra seat (start the division with) the faction with the highest number of #1 votes. If that is tied, one could go to the highest number of #2 votes and so on. I believe the principle behind the voting itself should make any such decision making in a manner related to that voting, as you suggest here. Only if they are tied entirely down the line would I suggest a random pick.
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