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@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ cannot contain leading or trailing whitespace).
 
 VOTERNAMEs need not be distinct and may be empty.
 
+Ballots may contain zero or more preferences, each being one or more
+CAND joined by `='s.  Preferences are separated by spaces.
+
 OPTION is OPTNAME[=VALUE] and modifies the preference, ballot, or whole
 election.  VALUE may contain no whitespace.
 
@@ -57,11 +60,16 @@ Currently defined OPTNAMEs (default values shown)
  Election   seats=1     Number of seats to be filled.
  Election   _nodefault  For Debian A6, no default option
  Election   quorum=NUM  Quorum (default, none)
+ Election   _tie=C,C>D,D  Tie break: in tie of Cs vs Ds,
+                            take Cs to have more votes than Ds.
+                            also available with <, normalised to >
+                            normalised form has Cs and Ds sorted
 
  Candidate  Super=1:1   For Debian A6, RAT:IO, 
  Candidate  default     For Debian A6, Is the default option
 
- Voter      Weight=1.0
+ Ballot     Weight=1.0
+ Ballot     Weight=NUM/DEN
 
 OPTIONs wihin a particular scope may occur in any order.  Whether they
 may be repeated is up to the option.