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-:b) '''Voters may approve one or more candidates, and also have the option to mark "Do not delegate". Delegated votes* and total approvals* are tallied and announced for each candidate.''' ''Announcing full tallies makes the process in step 3 more predictable and fair.''
+:b) '''Voters may approve one or more candidates, and also have the option to mark "Do not delegate". Delegated votes* and total approvals* are tallied and announced for each candidate.''' ''Announcing full tallies makes step 3 predictable and fair.''
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 <small>'''Delegated votes''':The delegated votes for candidate X is the number of ballots that approve only X and do not mark "Do not delegate". X will get a chance to effectively add additional approvals to these votes; or, if X has less than 5% approval, then additional approvals will be added automatically, in order to attain a better result by X's predeclared preferences.
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-:a) ''(optional)'' There is a one-week period for candidates to analyse and negotiate based on these preliminary results. ''Actually, the correct strategies for all candidates and the resulting winner will already be obvious. Usually, all candidates except this winner would concede as soon as preliminary results are announced. However, for the occasional candidate inclined to act irrationally in a way that matters - say, by not delegating to an ally, even though the alternative is to see an enemy elected - this interim period would give them a chance to rethink things and come into reason.''
+:a) ''(optional)'' There is a one-week period for candidates to analyze and negotiate based on these preliminary results. ''Actually, the correct strategies for all candidates and the resulting winner will already be obvious. Usually, all candidates except this winner would concede as soon as preliminary results are announced. However, for the occasional candidate inclined to act irrationally in a way that matters - say, by not delegating to an ally, even though the alternative is to see an enemy elected - this interim period would give them a chance to rethink things and come into reason.''
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-::ii. ''(optional)'' If the candidate with the most approvals has 5% approvals or less, their delegated votes are assigned for them automatically*. ''This automatic assignment respects predeclared preferences but prevents minor candidates from having discretionary kingmaker power.''
+::ii. ''(optional)'' If the candidate with the most approvals has 5% approvals or less, their delegated votes are assigned for them automatically*. ''Automatic approvals respect predeclared preferences but prevent minor candidates from having discretionary kingmaker power.''
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 <small>'''Automatic approvals''': When approvals are assigned automatically for candidate X, they are set to approve as many of their pre-declared preferences as possible without approving both of the two candidates with the highest current approval totals that they prefer differently. (For example, say that X's preferences were for A or B, then C, then D and E, and the approval totals are 40, 30, 10, 20, and 15 alphabetically. A has the highest total; B has the next-highest, but does not count, because they are preferred equally to A; and D has the next-highest. So X's delegated ballots will be assigned to approve as many candidates as possible without approving both A and D; that is, they will approve A, B, and C.)</small>