The EM vote on single-winner methods

[Marcus Ganley]

Date:          Sun, 14 Jul 1996 08:44:32 -0700 (PDT)
Reply-to:      election-methods-list at eskimo.com
From:          "Steve Eppley" <seppley at alumni.caltech.edu>
To:            Multiple recipients of list <election-methods-list at eskimo.com>
Subject:       Re: The EM vote on single-winner methods

Marcus G asked:
Steve Eppley said:
>The STV multiwinner system for prop rep has several variations. 
>None of them invalidate truncated ballots, but truncated ballots may
>be partially or entirely "wasted".  It depends on the fraction of other 
>voters' ballots which get transferred away from winners who have an 
>excess.

In elections to the Australian Senate, conducted under STV,  
truncation DOES invalidate ballots. 

Marcus Ganley