A flaw in the system for distributing surpluses in Irish elections

[Brendan Burgess]

I raised this issue in this very long thread

Surpluses are treated differently from eliminated candidates in the election

I was very surprised at this. And it gives political parties an advantage over independents. It is quite complicated. Let's say that A is eliminated and he has 100 votes. His preferences are as follows: B :40 C:40 D: 0 non-transferrable: 20 Then B gets 40, and C gets 40. But let's say that...

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I have done a short note on it which I am submitting to the Electoral Commission. See attached.

Brendan

 

[ArthurMcB]

Fair play Brendan.itll be interesting to see their response.