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There are issues with the STV election in Dunedin

To do with allocations

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Richard Seager
Oct 17, 2022
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The Single Transferable Vote (STV) system is supposed to work thus;

But if that’s the case then how come if Andrew Whiley was elected on the first iteration did his votes go up by 718 on the 2nd iteration.

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