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#* The iteration number is increased by 1. This reduces the quota Q, as if it were the Droop quota for a legislature one seat bigger.

#* The counting process is rerun from scratch, starting with step 3.

# Each district "drafts" one member of each elected party from the elected slate. The draft for each party proceeds as follows:

# Each district "drafts" one member of each elected party from the elected slate. The draft for each party P proceeds as follows:

#*First, each representative is drafted by their home district. (This step is simply a courtesy. Because of ballot design, skipping to the following step would typically give the same results naturally.)

#*First, each party P representative is drafted by their home district. (This step is simply a courtesy. Because of ballot design, skipping to the following step would typically give the same results naturally.)

#*From then on, the draft proceeds in descending order of vote proportion. That is, if a greater fraction of the party votes from district 1 went to candidate A than any other eligible district:candidate pair, then A is drafted to that district. Eligibility is as follows:

#*From then on, the draft proceeds in descending order of vote proportion. That is, if a greater fraction of the party P votes from district 1 went to candidate A than any other eligible district:candidate pair, then A is drafted to that district. Eligibility is as follows:

#:*The difference between the representative with the most total party votes in their district, and the one with the least, must be decreased if there is any such drafting option. (Simpler version: No party representative may be drafted by N+1 districts unless all party representatives have been drafted for at least N. But the simpler version could leave a representative of areas where the party is weak, with much fewer constituents than a representative of areas where it is strong.)

#:*The difference between the representative with the most total party P votes in their district, and the one with the least, must be decreased if there is any such drafting option. (Simpler version: No party P representative may be drafted by N+1 districts unless all party representatives have been drafted for at least N. But the simpler version could leave a representative of areas where the party is weak, with much fewer constituents than a representative of areas where it is strong.)

#:*No district may draft two representatives from the same party.