Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > That's not really legitimate STV since when a vote ranks two candidates > equally I count it towards both totals, which is why 231+237 = 468 which > is more than the total number of votes (421), but it's the best we can > do, I think.
Nah, here are the results from my WebVoter voting system (http://webvoter.killeri.net): Round: 1, Q=210.50000, V=421.00000, P=1 Candidate 1 has 54.20952 votes Candidate 2 has 7.30952 votes Candidate 3 has 105.04285 votes Candidate 4 has 138.34285 votes Candidate 5 has 59.70952 votes Candidate 6 has 2.34285 votes Candidate 7 has 40.04285 votes Candidate 8 has 14.00000 votes Dropping candidate 6 Round: 2, Q=210.50000, V=421.00000, P=1 Candidate 1 has 55.28333 votes Candidate 2 has 7.33333 votes Candidate 3 has 105.11666 votes Candidate 4 has 138.36666 votes Candidate 5 has 59.78333 votes Candidate 7 has 41.11666 votes Candidate 8 has 14.00000 votes Dropping candidate 2 Round: 3, Q=210.50000, V=421.00000, P=1 Candidate 1 has 56.05000 votes Candidate 3 has 106.88333 votes Candidate 4 has 142.63333 votes Candidate 5 has 60.05000 votes Candidate 7 has 41.38333 votes Candidate 8 has 14.00000 votes Dropping candidate 8 Round: 4, Q=207.50000, V=415.00000, P=1 Candidate 1 has 58.25000 votes Candidate 3 has 107.08333 votes Candidate 4 has 144.83333 votes Candidate 5 has 63.25000 votes Candidate 7 has 41.58333 votes Dropping candidate 7 Round: 5, Q=206.50000, V=413.00000, P=1 Candidate 1 has 65.50000 votes Candidate 3 has 122.33333 votes Candidate 4 has 151.66666 votes Candidate 5 has 73.50000 votes Dropping candidate 1 Round: 6, Q=205.00000, V=410.00000, P=1 Candidate 3 has 148.50000 votes Candidate 4 has 169.00000 votes Candidate 5 has 92.50000 votes Dropping candidate 5 Round: 7, Q=201.50000, V=403.00000, P=1 Candidate 3 has 198.50000 votes Candidate 4 has 204.50000 votes Candidate 4 provisionally elected -- * Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology (T.P) * * PGP public key available @ http://www.iki.fi/killer * -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]