Schwartzberg's weighted voting
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Schwartzberg’s weighted voting is a method of voting, proposed by Joseph E. Schwartzberg, for representation of nations in a reformed United Nations.
The formula is (P+C+M)/3. To determine the weighted vote of any country, one must add its P (that nation's percentage of the total population of all UN members) plus its C (that nation's percentage of the total contributions to the UN budget) plus its M (that nation's percentage of the total UN membership, which of course would be the same for all members) and then divide that sum by 3 to get the average.
Under this method, the nations with the greatest voting power would be the U.S. (9.065%); China (7.672%); Japan (7.282%); and India (5.960%). This system avoids giving microstates disproportionate influence (as under one state, one vote) while also avoiding giving a coalition of populous developing countries such as China and India control over the UN, as might happen under one man, one vote.
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[edit] References
- Schwartzberg, Joseph E.: Revitalizing the United Nations: Reform through Weighted Voting, 2004.
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