diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTally.java b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTally.java
index dc14602..2c4eedd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTally.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTally.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package fr.mieuxvoter.mj;
 
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class ProposalTally implements ProposalTallyInterface {
@@ -42,4 +43,14 @@ public class ProposalTally implements ProposalTallyInterface {
 		this.tally[fromGrade] = 0L; 
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public BigInteger getAmountOfJudgments() {
+		BigInteger sum = BigInteger.valueOf(0);
+		int tallyLength = this.tally.length;
+		for (int i = 0 ; i < tallyLength ; i++) {
+			sum = sum.add(BigInteger.valueOf(this.tally[i]));
+		}
+		return sum;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTallyInterface.java b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTallyInterface.java
index 9f4b6c6..5907018 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTallyInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/ProposalTallyInterface.java
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 package fr.mieuxvoter.mj;
 
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
 public interface ProposalTallyInterface {
 	
 	/**
-	 * The amount of judgments received for each Grade, from "worst" Grade to "best" Grade.
+	 * The tallies of each Grade, that is
+	 * the amount of judgments received for each Grade by the Proposal,
+	 * from "worst" ("most conservative") Grade to "best" Grade.
 	 */
 	public Long[] getTally();
 	
+	/**
+	 * Should be the sum of getTally()
+	 * 
+	 * @return The total amount of judgments received by this proposal.
+	 */
+	public BigInteger getAmountOfJudgments();
+	
 	/**
 	 * Homemade factory to skip the clone() shenanigans.
 	 * Used by the score calculus.
diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/TallyWithDefaultGrade.java b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/TallyWithDefaultGrade.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dea5891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/TallyWithDefaultGrade.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package fr.mieuxvoter.mj;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+public class TallyWithDefaultGrade extends Tally implements TallyInterface {
+
+	protected Integer defaultGrade = 0;
+	
+	public TallyWithDefaultGrade(ProposalTallyInterface[] proposalsTallies, Integer amountOfJudges, Integer defaultGrade) {
+		super(proposalsTallies, amountOfJudges);
+		this.defaultGrade = defaultGrade;
+		fillWithDefaultGrade();
+	}
+
+	public TallyWithDefaultGrade(ProposalTallyInterface[] proposalsTallies, Long amountOfJudges, Integer defaultGrade) {
+		super(proposalsTallies, amountOfJudges);
+		this.defaultGrade = defaultGrade;
+		fillWithDefaultGrade();
+	}
+	
+	protected void fillWithDefaultGrade() {
+		int amountOfProposals = getAmountOfProposals();
+		for (int i = 0 ; i < amountOfProposals ; i++) {
+			ProposalTallyInterface proposal = getProposalsTallies()[i];
+			BigInteger amountOfJudgments = proposal.getAmountOfJudgments();
+			BigInteger missingAmount = BigInteger.valueOf(this.amountOfJudges).subtract(amountOfJudgments);
+			int missingSign = missingAmount.compareTo(BigInteger.ZERO);
+			assert(0 <= missingSign);  // More judgments than judges!
+			if (0 < missingSign) {
+				proposal.getTally()[this.defaultGrade] = proposal.getTally()[this.defaultGrade] + missingAmount.longValue(); 
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest.java b/src/test/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest.java
index cac001f..bcb60d2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/fr/mieuxvoter/mj/MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest {
 				new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{4, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2}),
 				new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2}),
 		}, 18L);
+		
 		ResultInterface result = mj.deliberate(tally);
 		
 		assertNotNull(result);
@@ -82,6 +83,22 @@ class MajorityJudgmentDeliberatorTest {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testWithStaticDefaultGrade() {
+		DeliberatorInterface mj = new MajorityJudgmentDeliberator();
+		TallyInterface tally = new TallyWithDefaultGrade(new ProposalTallyInterface[] {
+				new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{ 0, 0, 1 }),
+				new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{ 0, 3, 0 }),
+		}, 3L, 0);
+		
+		ResultInterface result = mj.deliberate(tally);
+		
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(2, result.getProposalResults().length);
+		assertEquals(2, result.getProposalResults()[0].getRank());
+		assertEquals(1, result.getProposalResults()[1].getRank());
+	}
+
 //	@Test
 //	public void runBenchmarks() throws Exception {
 //		Options options = new OptionsBuilder()