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* '''Candidates are eliminated, and their votes are transferred, until there's one winner per district. There are three reasons a candidate may be eliminated:
::# He (she) has less than 25% of the local votes in her own district, or less than half the local votes of the frontrunner in her district.<br>This ensures that each district has a meaningful say in electing their own representative, and encourages parties with broader appeal. Votes for tiny fringe parties, or for independents who don't win, won't be wasted because they'll still transfer; but to achieve their goals those parties will have to find ways to form larger coalitions and work with allies, not simply exploit divisive rhetoric.
::# Another candidate in her (his) district has accumulated an average district's worth of votes.<br>This ensures there will be only one winner per district.▼
::# Comparing each candidate to the top vote-holder in their district, he (she) is the farthest behind. (This rule applies whenever there are no more candidates to eliminate for reasons 1 or 2, and will typically apply multiple times before there's one winner per district left). <br>This keeps the process going, moving votes from weaker candidates to stronger ones, until it finishes.▼
▲::# Another candidate in her (his) district has accumulated an average district's worth of votes.
▲::# Comparing each candidate to the top vote-holder in their district, he (she) is the farthest behind. (This rule applies whenever there are no more candidates to eliminate for reasons 1 or 2, and will typically apply multiple times before there's one winner per district left).
* After winners are chosen, '''winners are assigned extra territory so that each district has one representative per party''' (for each party that won at least one seat).
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