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==Example==
[[Image:Tennessee map for voting example.svg|right|500px|Tennessee's four cities are spread throughout the state]]
magine that Tennessee is having an election on where to locate 3 public universities. The population of Tennessee is concentrated around its four major cities, which are spread throughout the state. For this example, suppose that the entire [[electorate]] lives in these four cities, and that everyone wants to live as near as many universities as possible.
The candidate sites for the university are:
* {{wp|Memphis}}, the state's largest city, with 42% of the voters, but located far from the other cities
:* Site 1
:* Site 2
* {{wp|Nashville}}, with 26% of the voters, near the center of Tennessee
* The "Eastern Party", composed of:
:* {{wp|Knoxville}}, with 17% of the voters
:* {{wp|Chattanooga}}, with 15% of the voters
The preferences of the voters would be divided like this:
{| class="wikitable"
! width=25% style="background-color: #ffdddd" | 42% of voters<br /><small>(close to Memphis)</small>
! width=25% style="background-color: #ccffcc" | 26% of voters<br /><small>(close to Nashville)</small>
! width=25% style="background-color: #ddddff" | 15% of voters<br /><small>(close to Chattanooga)</small>
! width=25% style="background-color: #ffeedd" | 17% of voters<br /><small>(close to Knoxville)</small>
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# '''Memphis 1'''
# Rest of Memphis party:
:* Memphis 2
# Nashville
# Eastern party
:* Chattanooga
:* (Knoxville not approved)
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# '''Nashville'''
# Eastern party:
:* Chattanooga
:* Knoxville
# Memphis party
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# '''Chattanooga'''
# Rest of Eastern Party:
:* Knoxville
# Nashville
# Memphis party
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# '''Knoxville'''
# Rest of Eastern Party:
:* Chattanooga
# Nashville
# Memphis party
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The quota is 25%. Since both Memphis (site 1) and Nashville are over the quota, both are elected first. Memphis votes are multiplied by 17/42 and transferred to Memphis site 2, and Nashville votes are multiplied by 1/26 and then split evenly between Chatanooga and Knoxville. Totals are now:
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