Independents come from a party where the party line is there is no party. When I thought about this, it seemed to me that if an independent were to win, then he or she would get a vote, like every other party where you agglomerate all the independents as a party. That would be my solution. In other discussions, sometimes it's suggested they have a vote of one. But I think about independents as, really, members of the party that says you're on your own. It is a party of sorts, even if the party doesn't exist.
On September 23rd, 2016. See this statement in context.