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Article #255Re: Bah, nothing is happening
From: HJ Leek
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:00
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Cpl Carrot wrote: > > Jenny Radcliffe wrote: > > > > Cpl Carrot <D.J.Edmunds@durham.ac.uk> wrote > > > Jenny Radcliffe wrote: > > > > Cpl Carrot <D.J.Edmunds@durham.ac.uk> wrote > > > > > Jenny Radcliffe wrote: > > > > > > OK, I can't count anymore ... I've had 27 ... > > > > > Not a good sign considering you were supposed to be COUNTING > > > > votes... > > > > I'd counted so much I'd run out of countability ... > > > At this point I would normally recomend a recount but considering the > > > level of hostility I am likely to receive by suggesting that particular > > > course of action... I won't... > > > > To be fair, one of the reasons we took so long was that every single figure > > was checked over and over again. > > I am 100% certain that the thing was correct to the 2dp we worked to! > > How do you get 2dp from votes? Surely they are all integer numbers? > Maybe you mean percent... On redistributions votes gain a different value, according to the number of the total votes the candidate has gained above quota. The number above quota is divided by the total vote to that candidate, giving a value to the form of 0.XY to the votes originally for said candidate when redistributed. So after n redistributions you can have votes with ickle values, depending on how they've been passed along. I know what I mean, even if that doesn't make sense. Anyway, it's one of the delights of STV, and ensures that it is 'fair'. HJ
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