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* Accountability: voters, not parties, choose who is elected.
* Accountability: voters, not parties, choose who is elected.
* Unity: discourages splinter parties, because candidates without a strong local base of support are eliminated up-front.
* Unity: discourages splinter parties, because candidates without a strong local base of support are eliminated up-front.

== Similar methods ==

[[Open List/Delegated (OL/D) voting|OL/D voting]]: basically the same, but without the constraint of one candidate per riding, and with a slightly weaker elimination rule.

[[Proportional 3RD voting]]: a similar system, for a nonpartisan context without ridings.