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Originally Posted by malloyd
You probably wouldn't implement that with a mathematical function anyway. You set thresholds at which you were permanently granted additional votes. That allows you to adjust them relatively easily from time to time to account for stuff like inflation without incurring the wrath of people who would be losing votes if you do. It also makes it easy to integrate with other schemes for awarding additional votes for something other than straight up cash payments - maybe you want to reward volunteering for government service without having to actually pay large taxable salaries, or who take on other socially valuable but low paying careers.
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Neville Shute had a multi-vote system in
In the Wet. From the Wikipedia summary:
"Everyone gets a basic vote. Other votes can be earned for education (including a commission in the armed forces), earning one's living overseas for two years, raising two children to the age of 14 without divorcing, being an official of a Christian church, or having a high earned income. The seventh vote is only given at the Queen's discretion by Royal Charter."