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 ====== Hare Voting Procedure ======
-The [[http://sof.uchicago.edu/hare|Hare System of Proportional Representation]] (also described as the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_quota|Hare Quota]]) is a variant of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote|Single Transferable Vote (STV)]] preferential voting system.  It is "preferential" in the sense that voters rank the order of their chosen candidates (using, say, numbers 1-5), rather than using an unranked mark (e.g., one or more "X"s).  A common application is in the selection of committees, in which multiple winners must be chosen from a set of available candidates.
+The [[http://sof.uchicago.edu/hare|Hare System of Proportional Representation]] is a procedural description of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote|Single Transferable Vote (STV)]] preferential voting system.  It is "preferential" in the sense that voters rank the order of their chosen candidates (using, say, numbers 1-5), rather than using an unranked mark (e.g., one or more "X"s).  A common application is in the selection of committees, in which multiple winners must be chosen from a set of available candidates.
+(Note: The quota calculation described in this document and used in the associated software is actually based on the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota|Droop Quota]], not the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hare_quota|Hare Quota]].  The term //Hare// is retained here as the common name for //Single Transferable Vote// despite this inaccurate characterization.)
 ====== Background ======