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At least as implemented in Australia, the Hare-Clark system doesn't involve giving some people more votes than others*. In our Senate elections, six candidates must be elected, and voters list all the candidates (or all the party lists) in order of preference. Candidates who get more than the necessary number of votes (typically those at the top of the party list) have their excess votes flow on with an appropriate weight. It's complicated, but elegant.

* Except that, as in the US, each state gets the same number of Senators, so voters in small states count for more.

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