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10 Post author: palladias 16 October 2012 09:42PM

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 16 October 2012 10:31:56PM 4 points [-]

Maybe quotas would be easier for voters to swallow if they came with time limits. "X% of the council has to be women for the next ten years, but after that you can vote for all men again." And then ten years later the stereotypes have been reduced, and the quota isn't needed as much.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 17 October 2012 06:49:47PM 3 points [-]

Or if they were symmetric. N% of seats are required to be held by men, N% by women. Symmetry does wonders for perception of unfairness.