The Examiner: Election Tracker

[minionofmidas]

Smid's #2 goes to Lief

Oh yah, that's right. Lief's below a quota again.


The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 41
Last Voter: Frihet etc
Quota: 7

Count 1

DWTL	8	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Lief	7	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red)
Al	6	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al)
SPC	5	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet)
Franzl	4	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth)
Xahar	3	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie)
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
DWTL, Bacon and Lief elected. DWTL and Bacon have a surplus of 1 which shall now be re-distributed, beginning with DWTL.

Count 2 (Distribution of DWTL's surplus of 1)

DWTL	7	(-1)
Bacon King	8
Lief	7
Al	6
SPC	6	(+1) (DWTL, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke, Smid)
Franzl	4
Xahar	3
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Count 3 (Distribution of Bacon King's surplus of 1)

DWTL	7
Bacon King	7	(-1)
Lief	7
Al	6.5	(+.25) (Ebowed, Alcoun, Jesus, Sensei)
SPC	6
Franzl	4.5	(+0.5) (Bacon, bull, Verily, Culture)
Xahar	3
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

And it finally gets to be Eliminations time!

Count 3 (Elimination of all sorts of people)

DWTL	7
Bacon King	7
Lief	7
Franzl	7.5	(+1) (Lewis, Opebo, Torie)
Al	6.5
SPC	5.875

Franzl has a surplus but it can't affect the results.

Therefore, the persons who would currently be deemed elected are:
#1 DWTL
#2 Bacon King
#3 Lief
#4 Franzl
#5 Al

[minionofmidas]

I liked the last election that ended at 6 PM EST much better.  I don't know if I'm going to stay up until midnight on a school day

6 pm EST is fine, a bit late for my taste almost.
Although my real favored time would be 4am EST.

[minionofmidas]

Did you tell him by aim or whatever to come out of his cave, or do you just keep all RPP members' passwords somewhere? (He counts as active, btw. He last was active 5 1/2 weeks ago, but he was very active until then.)

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 42
Last Voter: Rowan
Quota: 8

Count 1

DWTL	8	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Lief	7	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red)
Al	6	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al)
SPC	6	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan)
Franzl	4	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth)
Xahar	3	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie)
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
DWTL and Bacon elected. No surpluses to distribute.

Count 2 (Elimination of all and sundry)

DWTL	8
Bacon King	8
Lief	8	(+1) (Opebo)
Al	6
SPC	6
Franzl	6	(+2) (Lewis, Torie)

Still no surpluses to distribute.

Therefore the following candidates are deemed to be elected at this point:

#1 Dwtl
#2 Bacon King
#3 Lief
#4 Al
#5 SPC

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 42
Last Voter: Rowan
Quota: 8

Count 1

DWTL	8	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Lief	7	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red)
Al	6	(Franzl, GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al)
SPC	6	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan)
Franzl	4	(Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth)
Xahar	3	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie)
gporter	0
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
DWTL and Bacon elected. No surpluses to distribute.

Count 2 (Elimination of all and sundry)

DWTL	8
Bacon King	8
Lief	8	(+1) (Opebo)
Al	6
SPC	6
Franzl	6	(+2) (Lewis, Torie)

Still no surpluses to distribute.

Therefore the following candidates are deemed to be elected at this point:

#1 Dwtl
#2 Bacon King
#3 Lief
#4 Al
#5 SPC

Torie preferenced Bacon King second.

Bacon King is already elected at that point, so that preference is passed over.

[minionofmidas]

Did you tell him by aim or whatever to come out of his cave, or do you just keep all RPP members' passwords somewhere? (He counts as active, btw. He last was active 5 1/2 weeks ago, but he was very active until then.)

To be honest, I did PM a lot of RPP members I could think of to come out and vote, but RowanBrandon was one I forgot

Well PMs are only read by people who're actually accessing the forum anyways.
When someone comes back after a month, you assume he was contacted off-forum (not that that's illegal or anything, but it's somewhere I personally will not go.)

[minionofmidas]

Did you tell him by aim or whatever to come out of his cave, or do you just keep all RPP members' passwords somewhere? (He counts as active, btw. He last was active 5 1/2 weeks ago, but he was very active until then.)

To be honest, I did PM a lot of RPP members I could think of to come out and vote, but RowanBrandon was one I forgot

Well PMs are only read by people who're actually accessing the forum anyways.
When someone comes back after a month, you assume he was contacted off-forum (not that that's illegal or anything, but it's somewhere I personally will not go.)

Don't PMs get sent to you by e-mail as well?

(checks) Depends on your settings. I've always had it set at "never", which is the default option (or at least was the default option when the pm feature was introduced, which is actually some months after I signed on). There's also "always" and "only from buddies", which is the first ever use of this forum's "buddy" function I've come across!

[minionofmidas]

Lewis, how should I vote?

It depends. How many left and center* voters do you think there are left? How many of them can be counted on to also vote tactically? How many voters do you think the RPP still has up its sleeve? Is your priority to ensure Al's election, or is it to keep SPC out (as mine was, obviously. Besides having a little fun with the first three pref.s, just as obviously)? Do you still have an eye on the Senate? And possibly most importantly and least predictably of all, how close will the final tally be to a new quota?

If you have any further questions they might be better put by pm.

*at this point, for practical purposes that's anybody not in the SDP or RPP.

[minionofmidas]

What time (GMT) does the voting booth close [qm]

5am.

[minionofmidas]

What time (GMT) does the voting booth close [qm]

5am.

wonderful. just wonderful.

Explains why I've already voted, doesn't it?

[minionofmidas]

Well well. It could have been done, but the tactical votes would have had to have flown just right.
To simplify too much, there were two center, two right and two left candidates, the camps were approximately equal (though the center was smallest) and one group had to lose out.

[minionofmidas]

well...one thing I am pleased about....is that my not voting for myself didn't affect anything after all....that'd make things incredibly depressing

Have you done the maths?

Because, as it turns out, you are correct.

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker

Total Votes Cast: 57
Last Voter: Phil
Quota: 10

Count 1

Al	11	(GMantis, Sam Spade, Cosmo Kramer, Earl, Al, Xahar, Peter, True Democrat, The Mikado, Speed of Sound, Phil)
DWTL	9	(DWTL, Smid, benconstine, Winfield, Inks, PiT, PBrunsel, Duke, Ronnie)
SPC	9	(SPC, NC Yankee, Daniel Adams, Deadman, Frihet, Rowan, BrandonH, ilikeverin, Masterjedi)
Lief	8	(AndrewCT, HappyWarrior, Eraserhead, Lief, Meeker, Max, Red, Marokai Blue)
Bacon King	8	(Sensei, Bacon King, bullmoose, Verily, Ebowed, Jesus, Alcoun, Culture)
Franzl	7	(Franzl, Mr. Moderate, Conor Flynn, Hashemite, Earth, TCash, Jas)
Xahar	4	(Lewis, Opebo, Torie, a person)
gporter	1	(gporter)
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0

Notes
Sam Spade and benconstine are included by virtue of having written themselves in.
Candidates tied on 1^st preference votes are ordered by their total number of 2^nd preferences and so on. 
Al is elected with a surplus of 1, which shall now be distributed.

Count 2 (Distribution of Al's surplus)

Al	10	(-1)
DWTL	9 1/11	(+1/11: Sam Spade)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11	(+4/11: GMantis, Cosmo Cramer, Earl, Al)
Bacon King	8 1/11	(+1/11: The Mikado)
Franzl	7 3/11	(+3/11: Xahar, Peter, Speed of Sound)
Xahar	4
gporter	1
Sam Spade	0
benconstine	0
Non-Transferable	4/12	(+4/12: True Democrat, Phil)

Notes
Each of Al's 11 votes has been distributed at a value of ¹/₁₁ each (i.e. ^surplus/_#voters)
Nobody else has been elected., therefore eliminations begin.
benconstine and Sam Spade are eliminated on 0 votes changing nothing.
The next transfer is from the elimination of gporter.


Count 3 (Distribution of gporter's vote)

Al	10
DWTL	9 1/11
Bacon King	9 1/11	(+1: gporter)
SPC	9
Lief	8 4/11
Franzl	7 3/11
Xahar	4
gporter	0	(-1)

Notes
BK gains the vote. Nobody else is elected, therefore the eliminations continue with Xahar.


Count 4 (Distribution of Xahar's votes)

Al	10
Lief	10 4/11	(+2: opebo, a person)
Bacon King	10 1/11	(+1 from Torie)
DWTL	9 1/11
SPC	9
Franzl	8 3/11	(+1: Lewis)
Xahar	0	(-4 2/12)

Notes
Xahar's votes have been transfered as above.
Lief and Bacon King pass the quota and are deemed elected with a surplus of ⁴/₁₁ and ¹/₁₁ respectively.
Though the combined surplus of ⁵/₁₁ vote would close the gap considerably, it is not enough to overturn Franzl's ⁸/₁₁ vote deficit. Therefore, the count is over.

Result
#1 Al
#2 Lief
#3 Bacon King
#4 DWTL
#5 SPC

[minionofmidas]

I object to the headline. The SoFA is absent with my official leave.

[minionofmidas]

So the discussion here is about whether Ben will get some additional punishment? Sounds silly to me, but whatever. If it's the law.

That the vote is invalid is not something anybody is arguing against, right?

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: Lunar
Total Valid Votes Cast: 38
Current Quota: 7

Count 1	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	7	(benconstine1, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, SPC)
afleitch	7	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar)
Lief	5	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash)
DownWithTheLeft	4	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams)
Franzl	4	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy)
Purple State	2	(Purple State, Fritz)

Notes
¹ benconstine's vote was cast during the period he has been prohibited from voting within and is presumed invalid.

Candidates tied on 1^st preferences, ought to be ranked in order of the number of 2^nd preferences received and so on, but currently aren't.

Bacon King, SPC and Afleitch are currently elected on the first count. I forget if Purple State's elimination or the redistribution of Bacon's surplus is supposed to happen first. It is possible that it makes a difference, but a little unlikely. I think it is 100% certain that both things do in fact have to happen. [/written before checking how that turns out]

3rd Count... I've eliminated Purple State first...

Count 1	Votes
Bacon King	7	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	7	(benconstine1, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, SPC)
afleitch	7	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar)
Lief	7 7/9	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Fritz; Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Lief)
Franzl	5 2/9	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Purple State; Bacon King)
DownWithTheLeft	4	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams)

Did indeed make no difference - Lief only reaches a quota with the second of these redistributions. Lief now has a surplus, but it's not enough to materially affect the count, and Franzl is elected.

[minionofmidas]

I'm more confused than I was before I started reading that.

What confused you? Maybe I can clarify.

Oh, and it's out of date by now, thanks to my 1000%, pure Simon, tactical vote.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: moi
Total Valid Votes Cast: 39
Current Quota: 7

Count 1	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	7	(benconstine1, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, SPC)
afleitch	7	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar)
Lief	5	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash)
DownWithTheLeft	4	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams)
Franzl	4	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy)
Purple State	3	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis)

Notes
¹ benconstine's vote was cast during the period he has been prohibited from voting within and is presumed invalid.

Candidates tied on 1^st preferences, ought to be ranked in order of the number of 2^nd preferences received and so on, but currently aren't.

Bacon King, SPC and Afleitch are currently elected on the first count. Bacon King's surplus redistributed.

Count 2	Votes
Bacon King	7	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	7	(benconstine1, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, SPC)
afleitch	7	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar)
Lief	6 7/9	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash; Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Lief)
Franzl	4 2/9	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy; Bacon King)
DownWithTheLeft	4	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams)
Purple State	3	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis)

Nobody's elected; Purple State eliminated.

Count 3	Votes
Bacon King	7	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	7	(benconstine1, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, SPC)
afleitch	7	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar)
Lief	7 7/9	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Fritz; Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Lief)
Franzl	6 2/9	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Purple State, Lewis; Bacon King)
DownWithTheLeft	4	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams)

Lief is elected. He also has a surplus, which cannot materially affect the count. Franzl is declared elected without a quota.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: Pete
Total Valid Votes Cast: 51
Current Quota: 9

Count 1	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	8	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee)
afleitch	8	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf)
Lief	8	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis)
Franzl	7	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol)
Purple State	6	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CK, Pete)
DownWithTheLeft	5	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams, BrandonH)

Bacon King is elected. There is no surplus to redistribute. Dwtl is eliminated.

Count 2	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	13	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee, DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams, BrandonH)
afleitch	8	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf)
Lief	8	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis)
Franzl	7	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol)
Purple State	6	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CK, Pete)

SPC is elected. His monster surplus is redistributed.

Count 3	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	9	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee, DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Dan Adams, BrandonH)
afleitch	8 8/13	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf; SPC, PiT)
Purple State	8 6/13	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CK, Pete; DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, RowanBrandon, tmthforu94, Dan Adams, Inks, NCYankee, BrandonH)
Lief	8	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis)
Franzl	7 12/13	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol; dead0man, Persepolis, Jedi)

Franzl is eliminated, and Afleitch, Purple State and Lief are elected without a quota.

AAAAAARGH! I HATE YOU JAS!!!!

[minionofmidas]

AAAAAARGH! I HATE YOU JAS!!!!

Always good to get the count verified!

You win again.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: Mr. A.F. Leitch
Total Valid Votes Cast: 52
Current Quota: 9

Count 1	Votes
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
afleitch	9	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf, Afleitch)
Lief	8	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis)
South Park Conservative	8	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee)
Franzl	7	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol)
Purple State	6	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CultureKing, Peter)
DownWithTheLeft	5	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Daniel Adams, BrandonH)

Bacon King and Afleitch elected without a surplus.
The lowest candidate, DWTL, is eliminated and his votes redistributed.
(Notes: Candidates on the same number of 1st preferences above are ranked by total 2nd preferences. Lief = 10; SPC = 5. I didn't count it out for Bacon vs Afleitch.)

Count 2	Votes
Bacon King	9
afleitch	9
South Park Conservative	13	(+5: DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Daniel Adams, BrandonH)
Lief	8
Franzl	7
Purple State	6
DownWithTheLeft	0	(-5)

All DWTL's votes transfer to SPC who is elected with a surplus of 4.
Count 3 is the distribution of SPC's surplus.

Count 3	Votes
Bacon King	9
afleitch	9
South Park Conservative	9	(-4)
Purple State	8 10/13	(+2 10/13 : RowanBrandon, tmthforu94, Inks, NCYankee, DWTL, AHDuke, Daniel Adams, Brandon H, PiT)
Franzl	83/13	(+16/13: dead0man, Persepolis, MasterJedi, SPC)
Lief	8

Nobody else has surpassed the quota.
As there are no further votes to distribute, the lowest candidate, Lief, is eliminated and so Purple State and Franzl are deemed elected.

[minionofmidas]

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: Disraeli
Total Valid Votes Cast: 56
Current Quota: 10

Count 1	Votes
afleitch	9	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf, afleitch)
Lief	9	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis, Preston)
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
South Park Conservative	9	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee, Disraeli)
Franzl	8	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol, hughento)
DownWithTheLeft	6	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Daniel Adams, BrandonH, Luis Gonzalez)
Purple State	6	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CultureKing, Peter)

Nobody reaches the quota.
The lowest candidate, Purple State, is eliminated and his votes redistributed.
(Notes: Candidates on the same number of 1st preferences above are ranked by total 2nd preferences. afleitch=11; Bacon King=9; Franzl=10 [9 3^rd prefs]; Lief = 10 [4 3^rd prefs]; SPC=6; DWTL=8; Purple State=2.)

Count 2	Votes
Franzl	11	(+3: Purple State, Lewis Trondheim, Peter)
afleitch	10	(+1: devilman)
Lief	10	(+1: Fritz)
Bacon King	10	(+1: CultureKing)
South Park Conservative	9
DownWithTheLeft	6
Purple State	0	(-6)

Franzl is elected with a surplus of 1.
afleitch, Lief and Bacon King elected without a surplus.
Franzl's surplus though isn't sufficient to change the outcome, so the count ends with the following elected:
Franzl, afleitch, Lief, Bacon King, SPC.
[/quote]

[minionofmidas]

Lief=9

Your last update said ten.

[minionofmidas]

Winston Disraeli is not a registered voter.

You're right; he registered too late.

The Examiner Senate Election Tracker - Update

Last Voter: Winston Disraeli
Total Valid Votes Cast: 55
Current Quota: 10

Count 1	Votes
afleitch	9	(Speed of Sound, Hawk, Hash, AndrewCT, Verin, bullmoose, Lunar, Gustaf, afleitch)
Lief	9	(opebo, Lief, Earl, Marokai, Smash, Eraserhead, MaxQue, GMantis, jokerman)
Bacon King	9	(Bacon King, Al, BRTD, bgwah, Rob, Ogre Mage, Ebowed, Sensei, Meeker)
Franzl	8	(Franzl, Verily, idealist, Happy, Torie, Moderate, Jamespol, hughento)
South Park Conservative	8	(benconstine, RowanBrandon, South Park Conservative, dead0man, Persepolis, tmthforu94, PiT, Inks, NCYankee, Winston Disraeli)
DownWithTheLeft	6	(DownWithTheLeft, AHDuke, Jedi, Daniel Adams, BrandonH, Luis Gonzalez)
Purple State	6	(Purple State, Fritz, Lewis, devilman, CultureKing, Peter)

Nobody reaches the quota.
The lowest candidate, Purple State, is eliminated and his votes redistributed.
(Notes: Candidates on the same number of 1st preferences above are ranked by total 2nd preferences - afleitch=11; Lief=10; Bacon King=9; Franzl=10 (I think); SPC=6; DWTL=7; Purple State=2.)

Count 2	Votes
Franzl	11	(+3: Purple State, Lewis Trondheim, Peter)
afleitch	10	(+1: devilman)
Lief	10	(+1: Fritz)
Bacon King	10	(+1: CultureKing)
South Park Conservative	8
DownWithTheLeft	6
Purple State	0	(-6)

Franzl is elected with a surplus of 1.
afleitch, Lief and Bacon King are elected without a surplus.
Only 2 candidates remain active - seeking the final seat, SPC and DWTL. As Franzl's surplus is insufficient to change their ordering, SPC is deemed elected to the final seat.

#1 Franzl
#2 afleitch
#3 Lief
#4 Bacon King
#5 South Park Conservative

[minionofmidas]

That's more than can be said of me, really. I voted for you partly tactically - at the time you and Franzl looked like you needed votes, Bacon, Lief and Afleitch didn't. Although I should have learned by now that these things don't necessarily hold - partly out of pure hilarity.

[minionofmidas]

I believe you.