Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

2:15 pm

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is a question that is often asked in relation to the single transferable vote and I have heard it explained a few times. If one has two candidates, one of whom has been eliminated and whose transfers are being distributed, what happens at that point? I have never been able to wrap my head around it. What bundle of votes is picked?

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