Mixed Transferable Voting: Difference between revisions

 

* Step 8 will tend to prevent overhang seats in most cases, except for parties that only get votes in places where they can narrowly win a district seat. This does leave a possible "dummy list"-type strategy, where the party strategically splits into two; one for candidates who will win district seats with more than a quota and those who will get under 50% of district votes, and another for those who will get over 50% but less than a quota. Note, however, that this strategy is dangerous for candidates on the second list; they will not win seats if they get under 50% in their district, even if they are the plurality winner there. I believe that this danger is serious enough that this strategy will be rare; certainly, it should be less of a problem than under two-ballot MMP.