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ssrn.bsky.social
New research proves that Sampford apportionment satisfies threshold monotonicity, resolving a recent conjecture in the theory of proportional representation and randomized seat allocation. spkl.io/633267RE3I

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Figure 1: The alliance {A,B} of Example 1.1 with house size four. Left: upper-tail probabilities of the alliance’s seat total before and after the change from q to q′; every tail weakly increases, so the seat distribution improves in stochastic dominance. Right: the probability that both allies are rounded up falls from 0.8 to 0, because A’s formerly random seat has become part of its lower quota. Monotonicity must therefore be stated in terms of seat thresholds rather than rounding events
September 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
getnews-me.bsky.social
New study narrows distortion bounds for distributed voting: the deterministic avg‑max bound drops from 11 to 7, and the randomized avg‑avg bound becomes 5‑2/k. https://getnews.me/new-tight-bounds-on-distortion-in-distributed-voting-mechanisms/ #distributedvoting #metricdistortion #votingtheory
New Tight Bounds on Distortion in Distributed Voting Mechanisms
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
kemosite.bsky.social
Am I an expert in #ElectoralReform, or #VotingTheory? No.

But I am a #UX expert. And I like to think I'm pretty good at wrapping my head around concepts, and consider goals and constraints, in order to arrive at an appropriate design solution.
May 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM