In the study of apportionment, the Harequota (sometimes called the simple quota or Hamiltonquota) is the number of voters represented by each legislator under a system of proportional representation. In these voting systems, the quota is the number of votes that guarantees a candidate, or a party in some cases, captures a seat. The Hare quota is the total number of votes divided by the number of seats to be filled.
The Hare quota was used in the original proposal for a single transferable vote (STV-Hare) system, but has since been almost entirely supplanted for this use by the more mathematically-accurate Droop quota.
However, the quota continues to be used in setting electoral thresholds, as well as for calculating apportionments by the largest remainder method (LR-Hare) or other quota-based methods of proportional representation. In such use cases, the Hare quota gives unbiased apportionments that favor neither large nor small parties.[1]
^Pukelsheim, Friedrich (2017). "17". Proportional Representation. SpringerLink. pp. 108–109. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64707-4. ISBN 978-3-319-64707-4.
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the Dutch-speaking electoral college. 1 divided by the number of seats. Harequota with residual fit by largest remainders Denmark allows for electoral alliances...
(candidates must receive support at least half of voters) Quota (candidates must at least reach the quota) Type of ballot single choice multiple choice cumulative...
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