User talk:Chopbox

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Voting systems "typo"

Hi Chopbox,

some days ago you changed a "typo" in the voting system article from "For example, in a 4-seat election a candidate needs 20% to guarantee election." to "For example, in a 5-seat election a candidate needs 20% to guarantee election.". In fact, that wasn't a typo (although for complete correctness it would have to be formulated "For example, in a 4-seat election a candidate needs '20% + one vote' to guarantee election."). If the 4 candidates with the most votes are elected and one candidate has already exceeded 20%, there is no possibility that 4 other candidates could overcome him (since there are less than 80% left). This "limit" is also known as Droop quota. So, I changed it back.

Best regards, Arno Nymus (talk) 01:48, 21 March 2012 (UTC)