PR Ballots

Here are 8 ballots for several types of proportional representation elections: Single Transferable Vote, List-PR (open and closed lists) and Mixed Memeber Proportional. Single Transferable Vote Ballots STV ballots let voters rank their choices just as Condorcet ballots do. They often look the same.

Party List Ballots Closed-list PR asks voters to mark their ballots for 1 party. Open-list PR asks voters to mark their ballots for 1 candidate; that vote counts for both her position on her party's list and for her party's percentage of the votes and seats. These ballots are like ballots for the single-winner plurality rule in that each voter makes 1 mark on his ballot.

Mixed Member Proportional Ballots A voter marks his ballot for 1 party and also for 1 district rep. There are 2 contests on the ballot and it looks much like a ballot for 2 contests under single-winner plurality. (MMP could use or perhaps IRV to ensure the district rep has support of a majority. It could use a Condorcet rule to elect the local district rep, and give the council a group of central swing voters.)

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