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It assumes the voters have been divided up into one equal-population riding (aka district or constituency) per seat being elected. Precisely one representative per area (riding, riding, or constituency) will win.
Before the election, a candidate may endorse other candidates.
Here are the rules. Items in italics are mere explanations or justifications; the rules themselves are only the non-italic portions.
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#* The ballot lists the candidates running locally, with their parties and their first three transfer preferences (explained below).
#* Voters may write in candidates from further away, using error-resistant codes.
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# Voters may choose not to delegate.
#* This is essentially only to satisfy constitutional concerns about voter freedom. It is almost never strategically a good choice, and it is generally discouraged.
#* Choosing not to delegate while voting for an entire party is equivalent to voting for an eliminated candidate from that party who endorsed all candidates from that party except those running in the local district (ie, those listed on the ballot).
# Each ballot which does not opt out of delegating is converted to a transfer order using the chosen candidate, their endorsements, and the initial vote tallies of each.
#* Transfers go in order of endorsement level, and within each endorsement level in order of initial vote totals.
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