Results for Example 1’s ten-vote election.

The paper introduces a new electoral system, based on proportional representation, called apportioned voting because each vote is apportioned among the candidates. Apportioned voting can be thought of as an enhanced and generalized hybrid of cumulative voting and single transferable vote (also known as proportional ranked-choice voting). Apportioned voting can efficiently handle government and corporate elections with large numbers of voters, positions to fill, and candidates. The paper provides a detailed description of apportioned voting, illustrative examples of apportioned voting’s election performance, and the Octave scripts used to implement apportioned voting and compute the example results.

本论文提出了一种基于比例代表制的新型选举制度——分配投票制（apportioned voting），其命名源于每张选票需在候选人之间进行分配。该制度可被视为累积投票制与单一可转移投票制（single transferable vote，亦称比例排名选择投票制）的增强型通用混合变体。分配投票制能够高效适配选民、待选职位及候选人数目均较为庞大的政府与企业选举场景。本论文详细阐释了分配投票制的具体规则，提供了该制度选举表现的示范性案例，并附上了用于实现分配投票制及计算示例结果的Octave脚本。