Office of Harry S Truman

[Fmr. Representative Encke]

I'd like to comment that Truman counted votes incorrectly in the Alpha v 1184AZ election, where several people (JoMCaR and Kalwejt, and possibly a few others) were ineligible to vote based on the restrictions given in the Fremont constitution (which are legal because the voting rights amendment made residency requirements legal in June, I believe). Apparently AZ inquired about this during that election, but Truman cited cinyc v. Lincoln, which is no longer applicable.

In reference to the HoC election, Truman's method of counting should be invalid because the constitution specifies that an STV method should be used. Nothing in the recently passed Electoral Procedures Act (FT 3-03) contradicts this. All STV methods, to the best of my knowledge, involve reallocation of the votes of those above the quota first, before any other candidates are eliminated. As a result, there should be more than one round, as Kamala and Pericles's preferences transfer largely to canis, who would then be above the quota and need to redistribute as well.

If my math is correct, Pericles's entire surplus transfers to canis (3 votes) and 3/4 of Kamala's surplus transfers to canis (2.25 votes). The rest of Kamala's surplus transfers to cora (0.75 votes). Meanwhile, ted's surplus transfers entirely to canis as well (1 vote). Canis now has 9.25 votes, so 5.25 votes must transfer. This surplus favors Cora 5-3 over Adam, transfering 3.28 votes to Cora, making about 5.03 votes. So, Cora should be elected rather than rpryor.

I assumed that preferences for already-elected candidates are skipped and move to the next preference, but there is no specification anywhere on what STV procedures should be used.