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This is the most literal interpretation, and it’s passed by pretty much every serious system. It is assumed to be the starting state for Vote Unitarity. Preserving this concept throughout tabulation is equivalent to Vote Unitarity. |
This is the most literal interpretation, and it’s passed by pretty much every serious system. It is assumed to be the starting state for Vote Unitarity. Preserving this concept throughout tabulation is equivalent to Vote Unitarity. |
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=== Each vote/ballot has the same weight === |
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The weight of each voters ballot is given the same initial weight. This is the interpretation that the U.S. Supreme Court holds states to. It’s failed by single-winner methods which do not ensure an [[Equally Weighted Vote]] and are thus vulnerable to [[Vote Splitting]], and it is failed in unequally-populated districts, and in the Electoral College. This concept is independent from Vote Unitarity. If a voter's weight is initially unequal, Vote Unitarity will maintain that inequality. |
The weight of each voters ballot is given the same initial weight. This is the interpretation that the U.S. Supreme Court holds states to. It’s failed by single-winner methods which do not ensure an [[Equally Weighted Vote]] and are thus vulnerable to [[Vote Splitting]], and it is failed in unequally-populated districts, and in the Electoral College. This concept is independent from Vote Unitarity. If a voter's weight is initially unequal, Vote Unitarity will maintain that inequality. |
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