What is a wasted vote in a STV election??

DEMOREP1 at aol.com DEMOREP1 at aol.com
Sat Oct 23 11:45:45 PDT 1999


Mr. Davidson wrote in part -

     A wasted vote is a vote that does not end up on one or another of the
winning candidates [in a legislative body election].
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D- It is rather rare that I can both understand and agree with some of Mr. 
Davidson's comments.

Both Hare and Droop fans may wish to note the relatively simple STV example 
of having 5 candidates in an at-large election with 3 winners and 11 voters.

How many wasted votes are possible in such example ???



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