At 09:08 +0200 17.1.2003, Donald Davison wrote: >Olli: "What do you propose to do if you use the Hare quota and there are >four rather equal candidates vying for three seats: 25.1% A, 25.!% B, >25.1% C, 24.7% D.[?] > >Donald: No problem! In your example, candidate D is the lowest, so I >would eliminate candidate D and transfer his votes. Depending on the lower >choices we could end up with the following results: 33% A 32% B 31% C >which would be very good results, very representative of the public, the >Droop method would never be able to have results as good as that.
If D's lower choices do not include A, B or C, the results are the ones you get with the Droop quota. If they all have A, B or C, the voters still get one of their preferences elected, whether you count the papers or not. Why does it matter so much? Olli Salmi ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
