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# Tally votes
#* Each ballot counts as 1 point for the chosen candidate.
# Eliminate all candidates who didn't get at least 1/2 as many votes as the top candidate in their local riding, and at least as many votes as the second place candidate in their local riding. When considering whether to eliminate candidate X, write-in votes from other ridings count for X but not for other local candidates.
#* This makes sure that no riding is badly mis-represented just because a given party "deserves" more winners.
#* It also helps discourage voters from splintering into small single-issue parties. If a party can’t pass this threshold in even one riding, it won’t get seats. But those votes can still be transferred, so those voters can still be represented by a relatively sympathetic candidate from a slightly larger party.
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