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The preferences on quota surplus votes are transferred at a fractional value, so every ballot is counted. It didn't always used to be though - prior to compute
by jlangenauer 12y ago
The preferences on quota surplus votes are transferred at a fractional value, so every ballot is counted.
It didn't always used to be though - prior to computers, to establish the fractional vote transfers, a "sample" of surplus votes to a quote used to be randomly selected.
- Tloewald 12y agoOk, thanks for the correction then. My knowledge of the system was out of date (as is the article I checked it against). But the fact almost no voter understands it remains an undemocratic feature.