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== Local District Clusters vs Multi-Member Districts ==
 
Local District Clusters offer an alternative to running a multi-winner voting method in a Multi-Member District. Traditional multi-member districts take single-member districts and combine them, with all candidates elected at-large. In contrast, Local District Clusters link districts into a multi-member cluster which runs a single election, but then electelects only one candidate from each district.
 
For example: In a five winner election, five single-member districts would be linked into a cluster. As usual, most major parties could still be expected to run five candidates. In this “Local” system, each candidate would be elected to a specific single-member district inside their cluster. Using votes from the cluster's full electorate, the first winner would be selected and would be designated as the winner in their home district. All other candidates running in that district would then be eliminated, and the selection rounds would continue until all the seats have been filled and until each district has a designated representative.
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