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First, to simplify the ballots, the population is separated into a "district" for each seat, and "districts" are grouped into sets of 2 or 3 "co-districts". The ballot for each district lists the incumbents and candidates from that district in a larger font, and the candidates from its co-districts below that in a smaller font. Write-ins may be used to vote for candidates from other districts not listed on the ballot, so the districts only matter for ballot simplicity (Voters do not want to have a ballot with many dozens of candidates on it, but write-ins allow full freedom for those voters who want it). Larger parties will usually run one candidate per district; smaller parties may just run one candidate per co-district set.
* The quota Q is set to the [[Droop Quota]]; that is, to the rational number (V+1)/(S+1), where V is valid votes and S is seats.
* Each vote is transformed into the pre-announced party preference order and individual approvals/disapprovals of the candidate it chooses.
* A legislature is elected by a version of [[STV]].
:*Delegated votes first count full-weight for their chosen candidate. Once that candidate is elected or eliminated, a vote is divided equally among all non-disapproved, non-eliminated members of the top party remaining on that ballot with any such members.
:*Undelegated votes are divided equally among all approved, non-eliminated candidates on that ballot.
:*Any candidates who reach
:*If there are no candidates who reach
:*If the above finishes without electing a full slate
::* All ballots are reweighted to 1
::* All elected representatives return to being hopeful candidates
::* the Droop quota is decreased as if there were one more seat (that is, it first changes from (V+1)/(S+1), to (V+1)/(S+2) )
::* The counting process is rerun from the beginning. If there is still no full slate, the quota is reduced again (to (V+1)/(S+3), etc.) and the counting repeats, until there is one.
* Each district "drafts" one member of each elected party from the elected slate.
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