[EM] [Election-Methods] [english 94%] PRfavoringracialminorities

[Juho]

On Aug 24, 2008, at 3:15 , Raph Frank wrote:

> A party ideally, wants candidates who don't get elected (so
> they get 'free' votes) or candidates who get more than 1 quota, so the
> party gets the excess (more 'free' votes).

Yes, not quite ideally though since more votes is always better than  
less. Maybe "the party" would (in open lists) like some of its  
candidates to get a bit less votes if it beats some "favourite  
candidate of the party" with few votes.

Juho




	
	
		
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