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Intent
To elect candidates with the most popular support for available seats in a multi-seat position.
Proposal
A multi-seat election is an election for a government office held by more than one person at a time.
A primary election is held to determine the candidates who will be considered in the final election. Any person who meets the eligibility requirements for the position may submit their candidacy for the primary election. The primary election is a plurality, ranked choice, ranked pairs, or tournament vote for the most preferred candidates. The top five candidates are presented to voters in the final election.
The final election may use ranked choice or instant-runoff, ranked pairs, tournament (Condorcet), plurality, or any other suitable method preferred by the voters or established by law.
The candidates with the most votes in the final election earn the available positions in order. The candidate with the most votes earns the first available seat. The candidate with the second most votes earns the second available seat. And so on until all available seats have been filled or there are no more winning candidates, whichever comes first.
If an election ends with available seats remaining, another election may be held with new candidates for the remaining available seats.
Discussion
A multi-seat position can be in any branch and level of government. It is a position of which there is more than one and each person holding the equivalent position has equal power and responsibility as the others.
Examples in local government: city council.
Examples in regional government: board of supervisors.
Examples in state government: board of education.
Examples in federal government: supreme court justices other than the chief justice, committees in the legislature, investigative boards.
In a multi-seat election, the candidates with the most votes earn the available seats.
The primary elections referenced here should not be confused with “party primaries” which a political party may hold internally to determine who that political party will endorse in the general election. This proposal is for general elections involving the entire population of registered voters within a government’s boundary.
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