[Pnp-wg] Trial Balloon Apportionment Formula

[Greg Gerritt]

The measure of how many office holders is not a very good measure.  Some
states elect everything from dog catcher on up and do it with nonpartisan
races.  Other states have few elected offices and almost all are partisan.
Compare apples with apples.  greg

> From: Owen Broadhurst <owen.broadhurst@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Owen Broadhurst <owen.broadhurst@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:46:41 -0500
> To: Pnp-wg@lists.gp-us.org
> Subject: Re: [Pnp-wg] Trial Balloon Apportionment Formula
> 
> Thank you, Forrest, for the clarification.
> 
> What might make a better voting strength formula?
> 
> I agree that the number of votes should not be multiplied by
> percentage of votes. I'm presuming a voting strength assessment should
> reward states that have had measures of electoral success.
> Said electoral success is best measured, I believe, in terms of the
> percentage of the electorate rather than the numbers voting in
> state-wide office. Total officeholders elected is another measure.
> 
> 
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:28:19 -0800, Forrest Hill
> <forrest_hill@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi Jeff and Owen,
>> 
>> In the analysis you point to, I don't disparage voting strength as a
>> relative measure of membership size...
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