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#* Each ballot counts as 1 point for the chosen candidate.
#* A ballot that supports more than one candidate is still counted as 1 point split equally among the choices. Each of these point fractions will be transferred separately. When one of the fractions is “exhausted”, that amount is transferred to any non-exhausted fractions, split equally.
# Eliminate anyall candidates who got less than a minimum threshold of 25% of the votes of an average locality, unless they are one ofbut the top two2 candidates in theireach localityriding. Transfer those votes.
#* This makes sure that no riding is badly mis-represented just because a given party "deserves" more winners.
#* ThisIt also helps discourage voters from splintering into small single-issue parties. If a party can’t reachmake the top 25%two in even one locality, it won’t get seats. But those votes will still be transferred, so those voters can still be represented by a relatively sympathetic candidate from a slightly larger party.
# Find winners and transfer leftovers▼
#* Candidates with over 1/3 the votes of an average riding are not eliminated in this step. This extra rule scarcely ever matters, because in order for the third candidate in a riding to have more than 1/3 of the average riding, that riding must have significantly more than the average votes. But in such a case, where many people from other ridings are choosing to spend their vote for an above-average candidate, the fact that they happen to have two above-average opponents shouldn't count against them.
#* If V is the total number of valid (non-exhausted) votes, and S is the number of seats, then a “quota” is defined as Q=V/(S+1). This ensures that each full “quota” of voters will get a seat, with less than one “quota” of vote left unrepresented even though they still have a valid preference.▼
▲# Find winners and transfer leftovers.
▲#* If V is the total number of valid (non-exhausted) votes, and S is the number of unfilled seats, then a “quota” is defined as Q=V/(S+1). This ensures that each full “quota” of voters will get a seat, with less than one “quota” of vote left unrepresented even though they still have a valid preference.
#* Any candidate with a full quota of votes at any time is elected. If their winning vote total is W>Q, then the leftover fraction (W-Q)/W of all of their votes is transferred.
#* Whenever a candidate wins, all other candidates from their riding are eliminated.
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#* See above for the transfer methods a voter can choose.
# If there are still seats to fill, repeat from step 3.
 
Once all seats are filled, each party with at least one seat assigns multi-locality a territory to each of their winning candidate, so that each locality is in the territory of one representative per party.
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