Bill: Pending P.B. 01-016 | Fair Representation Act

[JunoAndrist]

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BILL
TO
Amend the Alexandrian Electoral Act to use the Sainte-Laguë seat apportionment method​

1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be cited as the Fair Representation Act.
(2) This Act may be numbered as P.B. 01-016.
(3) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(4) This Act was authored by Capt11543, a member of the Labour Party.
(5) This Act was co-sponsored by MP MrRoyaltys.

2 - Reasons
(1) The Alexandrian Electoral Act currently stipulates the use of the D'Hondt method for apportioning Parliamentary seats following an election.
(2) The D'Hondt method is known to unfairly over-represent larger parties in its seat apportionments.

3 - Amendments to the Alexandrian Electoral Act
(1) Section 5 of the Alexandrian Electoral Act shall be amended as follows:

“5 - Closed List Proportional Representation
(1) Voting Process. Voters cast a vote for a single political party, called a ‘party vote’.

(2) Seat Allocation. Seats shall be allocated to each party using the D'Hondt Sainte-Laguë method. In this system, successive quotients are calculated for each party using the following formula: q=v/(s+1) q=v/(s*2+1).

(a) 'Q' represents the quotient for that round.​

(b) 'V' represents the total votes the party received.​

(c) 'S' represents the number of seats the party has been allocated so far, initially zero (0) for all parties.​

(3) Eligibility for Seat Allocation. No political party shall be eligible for a seat allocation unless it receives a number of valid votes equal or greater than the threshold of total valid votes cast divided by the total number of seats available for allocation.
(a) For the purposes of this act, the formula to calculate eligibility shall be: Threshold = Total Valid Votes Cast/Total Seats to be Allocated
(b) For the purposes of calculating the threshold, the result shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(c) Parties that are ineligible shall not be included in seat allocation calculation.

(4) Example for Seat Allocation. Four parties are competing for 12 seats in Parliament. Parties A, B, C, and D respectively earn 25, 13, 18, and 7 votes.

(a) Party A's quotient for the first round will be 25/(0+1) 25/(0*2+1), which equals 25. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party A received the highest quotient of 25 in the first round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

(b) In the second round, Party A's quotient will be 25/(1+1), which equals 12.5 25/(1*2+1), which equals 8.33. Party B, C, and D's quotients are 13, 18, and 7, respectively.​

(i) Party C received the highest quotient of 18 in the second round, and is allocated 1 seat.​

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(5) Candidate Election. Each individual candidate, grouped by party, shall be elected by the order in which they are listed.

(a) For example, within Party A, which received 4 seats, only the top 4 listed candidates will receive the seats in Parliament.​

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(6) Winner Determination. This process is repeated for all parties until all seats are filled.”

 

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(3) Eligibility for Seat Allocation. No political party shall be eligible for a seat allocation unless it receives a number of valid votes equal or greater than the threshold of total valid votes cast divided by the total number of seats available for allocation.
(a) For the purposes of this act, the formula to calculate eligibility shall be: Threshold = Total Valid Votes Cast/Total Seats to be Allocated
(b) For the purposes of calculating the threshold, the result shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number.
(c) Parties that are ineligible shall not be included in seat allocation calculation.

The office of the speaker has also been given permission to renumber this act to fit correctly.