A minority faction of the chapter disclosed the secrets of the order, leading to chapter dissolution, as well as chapters at other institutions.

To prevent these three consequences from occurring, the opposing party may attempt to take a pragmatic stand and officially endorse the views of its minority faction.

He then argues that the only problem comes from majority factions because the principle of popular sovereignty should prevent minority factions from gaining power.

Despite its complexity, the system had certain desirable properties such as being hard to game and ensuring that the winner reflected the opinions of both majority and minority factions.