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2 unusual facts about Droop quota


Droop

Droop quota, a type of quota for counting and transferring votes in an election

Droop quota

The Droop quota was devised in 1868 by the English lawyer and mathematician Henry Richmond Droop (1831–1884) as a replacement for the earlier Hare quota.


Hare quota

In 1868 Henry Richmond Droop (1831–1884) invented the Droop quota as a fairer alternative to the Hare quota, and the Hare quota is today rarely used with STV.


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