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* Giving one vote to each equally-top-ranked candidate. Can optionally be combined with a suggestion that ballots that equally rank candidates shouldn't be able to prevent the elimination of those candidates.<ref name="reddit 2011">{{cite web | title=Proportionality failure in STV with equal-ranks with whole votes : EndFPTP | website=reddit | date=2019-12-05 | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/e6bt6s/proportionality_failure_in_stv_with_equalranks/f9thuy4/?context=8&depth=9 | access-date=2020-02-10}}</ref>
Note that in the single-winner case, giving a vote to each equally-top ranked candidate can lead to different results when using either the "if in any round any candidate gets a quota (if using
35 B>A>C
20 C>B>A </blockquote>If the first rule is used (modified to also say "if multiple candidates have Droop quotas in the same round, the candidate(s) with the largest Droop quotas win"), then C wins with 65 votes to start off with, whereas under the second rule, B is eliminated, and then A wins. The second rule can actually create greater possibility for [[Tactical voting#Types of tactical voting|pushover]] strategy, since it could have been the case the A=C>B voters' honest preferences were A>B>C, and if they had voted their honest preference, C would've been eliminated and then B would've won, a worse result from their point of view.
Also, this can lead to different results when using either the "all candidates who reach quota are elected" rule or the "the candidate who most exceeds the quota is elected, then spend their ballots, and repeat" rule. 3-winner example with Droop quotas: <blockquote>34 A=B=C
33 D
33 E </blockquote>A, B, and C win under the former rule, while A, D, and E win under the latter rule.
=== Methods of transferring excess votes ===
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