Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN-GC on Yesterday at 12:31:32 PMThe best argument for the smaller Cosă, IMHO, is that right now not all MCs are equal to each other. A 200 seat Cosa means that right now one MC's vote can outweigh another's by 20-1. And that ain't right.

It double ain't right that these assignments are decided, after the election, by party leaders at whim. The 200 seat Cosa means no effective control by voters over who represents them in the Cosă.

The only downside I can see that two parties might end up with the same seats although one had more votes. But this is a question between whether Cosă elections are about electing legislators; or about "competition between different party brands". I, like Marcel, strongly think the former should be the case, because it ensures personal accountability, and degrades the power of party "bosses".

(Of course it also means that a party with too few votes gets no seats, but I consider that a feature, not a bug.)

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The best argument for the smaller Cosă, IMHO, is that right now not all MCs are equal to each other. A 200 seat Cosa means that right now one MC's vote can outweigh another's by 20-1. And that ain't right.

It double ain't right that these assignments are decided, after the election, by party leaders at whim. The 200 seat Cosa means no effective control by voters over who represents them in the Cosă.

The only downside I can see that two parties might end up with the same seats although one had more votes. But this is a question between whether Cosă elections are about electing legislators; or about "competition between different party brands". I, like Marcel, strongly think the former should be the case, because it ensures personal accountability, and degrades the power of party "bosses".

(Of course it also means that a party with too few votes gets no seats, but I consider that a feature, not a bug.)

The problem here is that seats aren't merely abstract units of representation. A seat corresponds to a person occupying it. That is my main gripe with the 200-seat status quo. Having more seats than citizens who could occupy them will forever be a blemish on Talossan democracy.

Will this be added to the 1st Clark next month, [mention]Sir Lüc [/mention] ?

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Quote from: Mximo Malt on December 21, 2025, 02:16:54 PMI rescind my nomination for Tafi and instead nominate our Culture Minister, [mention]Françal I. Lux [/mention]


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I revert to my endorsement of S:reu Tafial

Our Gallagher index is low owing to our voting system, correct? Essentially we award seats to parties by using their percentage of total valid votes and using that percentage to get as close as possible to dividing up the 200 seats accordingly. If I'm correct, and I admit my knowledge is scant on voting systems, then using a 200 seat Cosa achieves the will of the voter much better than perhaps reducing the size of it?

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Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, O.Be on December 22, 2025, 09:42:07 PMMic'haglh Autofil and Sir Marcel Tafial are proud to announce l'Institüt del Agroïcismeu Political (the Institute for Political Nerdery). What we want to do here is basically "nerd out" about a subject we enjoy -- the various ways to analyze elections, look at different systems of voting, etc. More serious atmospheres might call this psephology, but we're pretty sure the Talossan name is actually easier to pronounce!

Congratulations!!!!  It's always wonderful when someone starts something new, and I wish you the best of luck!

For most people, a new initiative can seem pretty steep, but you guys are both high-achieving and well-organized people with a lot of institutional knowledge already, so I bet you don't need much assistance.  However, I'd love to pick your brains about support you can imagine a newbie needing.  This is exactly the kind of thing we want to help make happen.

I was thinking that in instances like these, some of the following might be helpful to offer:

• Promotional announcements via the Kingdom's social media accounts.
• Guidance on what BBCode might be helpful.
• Advice on what services exist, like special forums, wiki entries, and the like.
• Image resources with common colors and symbols.

Again, you guys personally probably don't need much of this, but I'd love your feedback about what you imagine might be helpful for a less experience or savvy citizen.

I don't want to derail your interesting conversation any further, though, so please feel free to just private message me if you'd prefer.  And congratulations again on your new effort!

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