This vote will then be transferred at full value and carry more weight in determining the winners at the later stages of the count.

Under some systems, votes could initially be transferred in this step to prior winners or losers.

Alternatively the vote could be transferred to that winner and the process continued.

These votes are transferred to Carter so the tallies become:

Once he or she has reached that number, excess votes are transferred to the voter's second choice.

Any votes a candidate receives above the quota are transferred to another candidate.

She has 11 votes more than the quota so these votes are transferred to Carter.

Therefore, if the independent does not win, your vote is immediately transferred to your second choice, say, the Democrat.

Its votes are transferred to A, too.

Before the result could be announced, 21 more votes were transferred to Parker.