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Transfer of 1st count surplus

  • 25-02-2011 07:58PM
    #1
    devilsad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 90 ✭✭


    Can someone explain how the surplus on the 1st count is transferred? I understand that if candidate a gets 10,000 but only needs 9,000 his 1,000 surplus is transferred on a pro rata basis. So if candidate b gets 25% of candidate a's total 2nd preferences, candidate b gets 250 of a's surplus. Then they transfer 250 actual ballot papers from candidate a to candidate b and these are chosen randomly.

    Here's my question. Are they chosen randomly from the pile of candidate a's 2nd preference votes for candidate b or are they chosen randomly from the entire pile of candidate a's 10,000 votes?
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  • #2
    grahmkeatley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭grahmkeatley


    devilsad wrote: »
    Can someone explain how the surplus on the 1st count is transferred? I understand that if candidate a gets 10,000 but only needs 9,000 his 1,000 surplus is transferred on a pro rata basis. So if candidate b gets 25% of candidate a's total 2nd preferences, candidate b gets 250 of a's surplus. Then they transfer 250 actual ballot papers from candidate a to candidate b and these are chosen randomly.

    Here's my question. Are they chosen randomly from the pile of candidate a's 2nd preference votes for candidate b or are they chosen randomly from the entire pile of candidate a's 10,000 votes?
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    The entire pile is mixed up and randomised to begin with. And yes, the physical moving of the 250 ballots are done on the basis that they are coming from a random and therefore proportional basis.

    -Graham


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