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# Tally votes |
# Tally votes |
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#* Each ballot counts as 1 point for the chosen candidate. |
#* Each ballot counts as 1 point for the chosen candidate. |
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# Eliminate candidates without |
# Eliminate candidates without 25% support within their riding. |
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#* The top candidate in each riding is kept, even if they did not get 25%. |
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#*Candidate X is eliminated unless they fulfill one of the following criteria. (In all cases, "local" means "from the same riding".) |
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#** First place locally: X has more votes from a given riding than any other candidate. |
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#** Second place locally and more than half of first: X has more votes from a given riding than all but one other candidate, and at least half as many as that one. |
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#** In top 50% locally and more than 1/3 of first: In some riding, the local votes for candidates who have more than X add up to less than 50% of all the local votes, and X has at least 1/3 the local votes in that riding as the top candidate there. |
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#** First place semi-locally: They have more total (local and non-local) votes than any other local candidate, and at least half as many local votes as any other local candidate. |
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#* ''This makes sure that no riding is badly mis-represented just because a given party "deserves" more winners.'' |
#* ''This makes sure that no riding is badly mis-represented just because a given party "deserves" more winners.'' |
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#* ''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.'' |
#* ''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.'' |