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# '''Choose a transfer method''' for when your first choice is no longer in the running. There are 2 basic options: |
# '''Choose a transfer method''' for when your first choice is no longer in the running. There are 2 basic options: |
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#* '''Open list''': Trust the '''voters''' of your chosen candidate’s party. |
#* '''Open list''': Trust the '''voters''' of your chosen candidate’s party. |
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#::* If your first choice is no longer in the running, your vote is |
#::* If your first choice is no longer in the running, your vote is split equally among the remaining candidates from your chosen party (that is, the party of your first choice). |
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#::* This is the default if you vote for a local, non-independent candidate. |
#::* This is the default if you vote for a local, non-independent candidate. |
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#::* This option is also called "partisan" transfer. |
#::* This option is also called "partisan" transfer. |
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#::* ''If you choose this option, your vote will never be transferred out of the party. Since independent candidates are considered to each be in a party by themselves, voters for those candidates should only choose this option if they do not want their vote to be transferred.'' |
#::* ''If you choose this option, your vote will never be transferred out of the party. Since independent candidates are considered to each be in a party by themselves, voters for those candidates should only choose this option if they do not want their vote to be transferred.'' |
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#* '''Delegated''': Trust the '''candidate''' (that is, the pre-declared preferences of your chosen candidate.) |
#* '''Delegated''': Trust the '''candidate''' (that is, the pre-declared preferences of your chosen candidate.) |
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#::* Each candidate must publicly pre-declare ratings for the other candidates. If the candidate is no longer in the running, these votes will be split among the remaining candidates at the original candidate's highest remaining rating level. |
#::* Each candidate must publicly pre-declare ratings for the other candidates. If the candidate is no longer in the running, these votes will be split equally among the remaining candidates at the original candidate's highest remaining rating level. |
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| ⚫ | #::* There are 6 rating levels: endorsed, accepted, or rejected for same-party candidates, then endorsed, accepted, or rejected for other-party candidates. To help discourage "funnel candidates" who exist only to give votes to one other candidate, there must be at least 2 candidates at each rating level that's used at all. |
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#::* As with partisan transfers, the split among candidates with the same rating is proportional to the number of votes each candidate received directly from voters.) |
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#::* ''This is the default if you vote for a non-local and/or independent candidate.'' |
#::* ''This is the default if you vote for a non-local and/or independent candidate.'' |
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#::* ''If a voter mistakenly marks both transfer methods, the default applies (as if they had chosen neither).'' |
#::* ''If a voter mistakenly marks both transfer methods, the default applies (as if they had chosen neither).'' |
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