Teddy's Electoral Reform (Electoral College)

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Changes

Ballot:
The ballot would be an alternative vote. Candidates will be ranked 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. A minimum of 1 and 2 must be cast. This would be a federal law applying to all states, states can then design their ballots as needed.

Numbers:
The number of electoral college votes must always be an odd number to prevent ties.

Counting:
If a candidate does not win electoral votes in a state, then his or her ballots are redistributed, until the only ballots left are cast for candidates winning electoral votes.

In the event of someone not getting a majority of electoral votes, the candidate with the least nationwide (ties to be broken by nationwide popular vote) is dropped, and the counting continues as such.

The electoral college is based on the number of seats in the house and senate. 2 for the senate, and a number between 1 and 50something for the house. This will become important in the new election method system.

The first-place winner of the state wins both "senatorial" electoral college votes.

The remaining electoral votes are distributed proportionally to the vote received by each candidate.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Example using 2008 (selected states)

Alaska. Winner: McCain
(2) - McCain for winning the state
(1) - McCain, proportional share of total
RESULT: 3 McCain

Utah. Winner: McCain
(2) - McCain for winning the state
(2) - McCain, proportional share of total
(1) - Obama, proportional share of total
RESULTS: 4 McCain - 1 Obama

California. Winner: Obama
(2) - Obama for winning the state
(33) - Obama, proportional share of total
(20) - McCain, proportional share of total
RESULTS: 35 Obama - 20 McCain

etc etc

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Still leaves the door open to gerrymandering.

Makes sense, though I'd add a high threshold to access proportional seats (around 15% or so) in order to avoid vote dispersion and ensure an electoral majority.

X / Y = Z
X = "House" Electoral Votes (436)
Y = "States" (51)
Z = 8.55 round = 9
There are thus on average, 9 proportional seats in every state.
100 / 9 = 11.11%
Thus the threshold should be 11.11%