On Oct 31, 2:11pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> If a vacancy is to be filled by going back to data of last election we
> go to the original data and we first drop the now vacant candidate and
> reassign his votes. Then we run the reassigning routine until we produce
> ten final candidates. One will be new and the other nine should be the
> same current nine sitting council members. I have not proved this yet but
> I think it should be so. These nine still have the same winning votes.
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I would be quite surprised if this (i.e., the other nine should be the
same current nine sitting council members) were true. I'd plan on it
being false unless (and until) it is proven to be true.
Bruce
