So the Irish local and EU elections are currently counting, could someone explain to me specifically how the process when a candidate exceeds their wrote works? Like how the votes are distributed amongst the other candidates. Examples are welcome!
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As I understand it (and I’m sure I’ll be promptly corrected if I’m wrong) you rank the candidates in order of preference. Everybody’s primary choice is counted, and if nobody has secured 50%+1 votes, the candidate getting the least votes is eliminated. Anybody who selected that candidate as their top choice is now switched to their second choice candidate. If there’s still no 50%+1 winner, they drop the new lowest vote getter and replace those votes with the next candidate on those individual’s ballots. Repeat until one Candidate has achieved 50%+1 or more of the total votes, and that person wins the election.
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