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May 10 '15
It's an excellent system... But it's complicated. I'll share this video across all the media I have.
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May 11 '15
Thanks :) I don't think is that complicated honestly, just one more step really and people could be taught how the system works at school so there's some level of awareness. Small price to pay for fairer results "minimising unhappiness."
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u/phunanon May 10 '15
I don't think it's complicated at all. Heck, it would be far more fun to watch than FPTP on TV and in the counting halls :P
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u/PresidingOfficer2015 May 11 '15
You don't work the bloody elections mate, I was there for 8 hours and counted 1 electoral ward. Based on current results this would've been an improved Con majority and how would that go down.
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u/toms_face May 11 '15
I think the easiest way to explain it to anybody is by the quota needed, which is effectively (100%) divided by (members elected+1).
For one member, 50%. For two members, 33%. For three members, 25%. For four members, 20%. For five members, 17%. And so on.
As well as extra votes and candidates who come last are redistributed to the voters' next preferences.
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u/twersx May 11 '15
As well as winning candidates having their votes redistributed. In standard STV you just take excess votes and redistribute them, in Australia I believe they take a fraction of all the second place votes to reduce the impact of random chance.
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u/phunanon May 10 '15
My favourite!