[EM] Holding byelections with PR-STV

[James Gilmour]

> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM, James Gilmour 
> > The first statement seems logical, but I don't know about the second 
> > statement.  I don't understand how an elected candidate could be 
> > eliminated  -  sounds like a contradiction of terms.

> Raph Frank > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:58 AM
> Well, if you just re-run the count and exclude the withdrawn 
> candidate, there is no guarantee that a candidate would be re-elected.

Yes, that makes sense, but that's not what you originally wrote.  It is now clear that you meant a "candidate elected in a previous
count".

And Jonathan has helpfully explained that special tweaks are needed in the Meek counting algorithm (and program) to prevent the
elimination of a previously elected candidate when a count-back is run.


> In Meek, elected means that you have at least a Droop quota 
> (and can have any "keep value" between zero and one) .  

This is confusingly expressed.  It is impossible to be elected with a keep value of zero.

James

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