Jameson Quinn wrote ... Wait a minute.... so under non-sequential RRV, there is no "leftover Hare quota" of unrepresented voters? If 99 voters vote A100 B99 and one voter votes C100, then C will be in the 2-member parliament? That seems broken.
FWS replies: Your question has the same answer regardless of which version of RRV is used (sequential or non): If there are only two seats, A gets the first and B the second. If there are only two seats and repetition is allowed, A gets both of them. If there are 100 seats with repetitions allowed, then A gets 99 of them and C gets one of them. We allow repetition only if A , B, C, etc represent parties (or if the elected body uses a weighted voting system). So the primary interpretation of "A gets two seats" would be two seats come from the party A. ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
