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[vote for pedro]

The Assembly has three people. I independently counted the votes and the results should be JGibson, evergreen, and Maxwell getting in. Ascott won the Senate election, obviously. The next election won't be for a while, but I hope this new Assembly gives us a lot to talk about.

I calculated the vote tallies for Assembly using this program and the results came out differently:
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The election is complete and the elected candidates are (JGibson) (20RP12) (Maxwell).

Hello, new resident of the North here.  I am not trying to rock the boat, I'm just trying to understand.  I counted the votes for Assembly and came up with a 3rd result LOL.  Since it looked like 3 equal seats were to be filled, I just counted anyone with a 1, 2, or 3 as a "yes" vote for that candidate.  Can someone explain to me why that method is wrong in a "vote for up to 3" election? 

Thanks, Pedro

P.S. I came up with
20RP12 14
Maxwell 12
evergreen 10
JGibson 5

Top 3 vote getters: 20RP12, Maxwell, evergreen?

[vote for pedro]

Thank you.  I do understand the application when one seat is to be filled and no one candidate has a majority.

My brain is still struggling with the if and why this rule is correctly applied in this case where 3 seats are to be filled, and all 3 seats are equal. 

i.e. look at the converse question:  Was each candidate NOT selected as a top 3 choice by the voters?  Answer:

JGibson 11/16 = 68.75%

evergreen 6/16 = 37.50%
Maxwell 4/16 = 25.00%
20RP12 2/16 = 12.50%

One and only one candidate had a majority of "Not chosen" votes.  It would seem to me that one candidate would be eliminated and the remaining 3 are elected?  Since only a minority of voters did NOT choose those 3?

[vote for pedro]

Thanks again.  That is way different.

I assumed it was like when you vote for the park district, vote for 3 candidates to fill the 3 openings.  I didn't realize you were only voting for 1 of the 3 representatives.