Northeast results calculation (CJO RPryor, please read)

[Talleyrand]

I incorrectly told Castro via PM the results were correct because I plugged them into the calculator, but apparently the whole thing is messed up so I did it by hand here.

There were 23 votes for 6 seats, so the quota is 4 votes.

Clyde (4)
Cynic (4)
JoMCar (5)
Castro (3)
Pikachu (3)
DKrolga (4)

So Clyde, Cynic, and Dkrolga are elected without surplus, while JoMCar is elected with a surplus.

So this is what happens in the tiebreaker between Castro and Pikachu-

Castro- 3.4 (+Peeperkorn, JoMCaR)
Pikachu- 3.4 (+Pessimistic Antineutrino, Winfield)
Exhausted- 0.2 (+Deus)

So it's a tie. Looks like the Lockett Calculator was FAR OFF.

That means a runoff as far as I know.

[Talleyrand]

Scratch the runoff.

According to the Proportional Representation Act (link below), we'll need to count first preferences to break the tie, and go successively to each level of lower preferences if there still exists a tie.

In the first round, both Pikachu and Castro are tied with three votes. On to second preferences.

In the second round, both Pikachu and Castro are tied with one vote. On to third preferences.

In the third round, Pikachu edges out Castro with nine votes to six. Pikachu wins.

So technically the certified winners are correct. The good thing to come out of this is that we've identified a serious flaw that we've had for many months now under multiple people (myself included) in counting these votes. Now we can avoid that in future races.

[Talleyrand]

I think the tie-breaking method refers to when you need to rank candidates after the distribution of the surplus votes and there is a still a tie. However, the only initial surplus given directly to either me or Pikachu came from a vote by peeperkorn that ranked Altsomn first and me second. The weight of this 2nd preference surplus vote value given to me is much greater than any 3rd preference overflow surplus value given to either me or Pikachu, as per the election administrator guidebook.

Since DKRol won without a surplus in the first round, we basically treat those third preferences from JoMCar's voters that flow to either you or Pikachu the same way as we would the vote from Peeperkorn that ranked you second. Basically, once you reach this sort of point in the count, you ignore preferences for candidates already eliminated or elected and observe the relative rankings for those still in contention only.

[Talleyrand]

Yeah, it's definitely quite unclear.

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[Talleyrand]

Clyde, is that supposed to be with a quota of five?