Number of Seats cannot be higher than Number of Candidates

[masiarek]

We get incorrect error message:
KeyError("'A'")

Instead of:

• Number of Seats cannot be higher than Number of Candidates.

How to reproduce the issue:

[options]

method = sss
seats = 5
tiebreaker = None
verbosity = 1

[ballots]

2 ballots:
A=5
B=4
C=0
D=0

A=0
B=4
C=0
D=5

[masiarek]

here is the complete output:

[Sequentially Spent Score]
Tabulating 3 ballots.
Maximum score is 5.
Want to fill 5 seats.
Hare score quota is 3.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 1]
The highest-scoring candidate wins ed seat.
B -- 12 (average 4) -- First place
A -- 10 (average 3+1/3)
D -- 5 (average 1+2/3)
C -- 0 (average 0)
B wins ed seat.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 1: Ballot allocation round]
Total score is 12, Hare score quota is 3, giving back surplus.
Reducing each ballot's stars by their vote * 3/4.
3 ballots voted 4, stars reduced from 5 to 4, reweighted to 4/5.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 2]
The highest-scoring candidate wins ed seat.
A -- 8 (average 2+2/3) -- First place
D -- 4 (average 1+1/3)
C -- 0 (average 0)
A wins ed seat.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 2: Ballot allocation round]
Total score is 8, Hare score quota is 3, giving back surplus.
Reducing each ballot's stars by their vote * 5/8.
2 ballots voted 4, stars reduced from 4 to 5/2, reweighted to 1/2.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 3]
The highest-scoring candidate wins ed seat.
D -- 4 (average 1+1/3) -- First place
C -- 0 (average 0)
D wins ed seat.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 3: Ballot allocation round]
Total score is 4, Hare score quota is 3, giving back surplus.
Reducing each ballot's stars by their vote * 1/4.
1 ballot voted 4, stars reduced from 4 to 1, reweighted to 1/5.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 4]
The highest-scoring candidate wins ed seat.
C -- 0 (average 0) -- First place
C wins ed seat.
[Sequentially Spent Score: Round 5]
The highest-scoring candidate wins ed seat.
A -- 5 (average 1+2/3) -- First place
B -- 4+4/5 (average 1+3/5)
D -- 1 (average 1/3)
C -- 0 (average 0)
A wins ed ?? seat. ?????
KeyError("'A'") <==

[larryhastings]

Good catch! Fixed in 2.1. Thanks for the bug report!