ONE PERSON ONE VOTE is an democratic idea of equality – But what if the voters are not PEOPLE but are governments? countries? states? If the institutions are not equal, then the number of votes they control should not be equal. This situation where each voter is not equal in the number of votes they control is called: 2.1 An Introduction to weighted voting Important terms: Weighted Voting System: Motion: Players: (symbolized by P1, P2, P3, etc.) Weight: Quota: Notation [q: w1, w2, w3, . . ., wn] q = w’s = [14: 8, 6, 5, 1] Example: quota = Player 1 (P1) = controls ___ votes /“has a weight of ____” total votes = Player 2 (P2) = controls ___ votes
ONE PERSON – ONE VOTE is an democratic idea of equality But what if the voters are not PEOPLE but are governments? countries? states? If the institutions are not equal, then the number of votes they control should not be equal. This situation where each voter is not equal in the number of votes they control is called: 2.1 An Introduction to weighted voting Important terms: Weighted Voting System: Motion: Players: (symbolized by P1, P2, P3, etc.) Weight: Quota: Notation [q: w1, w2, w3, . . ., wn] q = w’s = Example: [14: 8, 6, 5, 1] quota = Player 1 (P1) = controls ___ votes /“has a weight of ____” total votes = Player 2 (P2) = controls ___ votes