On the basis of any preference expressed: H: has 12 preferences expressed K: has 10 preferences expressed B: has 6 preferences expressed
I declare the winners of the run-off to be H and K (i.e. "Shotgun" and "The Maven Owl") I will now start a vote thread to decide the overall winner (And hopefully fend off Kristian and any attempts to run a stalking horse 3rd candidate of "Shotgun, the Maven Owl" ;-) ) -Stephen On 15 December 2014 at 10:29, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A had no transfers to promote > > On 15 December 2014 at 10:28, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> At this point we have: >> >> A with 2x1st pref, 1x2nd pref (or 3 any pref votes) >> B with 5x1st pref, 1x2nd pref (or 6 any pref votes) >> H with 10x1st pref, 2x2nd pref (or 12 any pref votes) >> K with 4x1st pref, 5x2nd pref, 1x3rd pref (or 10 any pref votes) >> >> The lowest by any measure is A, so I will eliminate A and proceed to >> produce a count >> >> >> On 15 December 2014 at 10:24, Stephen Connolly < >> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> In Round 3, E only has 2nd preference votes (I could have eliminated E >>> earlier, but given the transfers it makes no difference to the result...) I >>> will now eliminate E and promote its preferences (which all go to K by the >>> way) >>> >>> >>> On 15 December 2014 at 10:21, Stephen Connolly < >>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> D has less second preferences that the other elimination candidate: A >>>> (based on votes of any preference) so eliminating D and promoting it's >>>> preferences accordingly (IOW Michael O's 2nd pref for A now becomes a 1st >>>> pref for A in round 3) >>>> >>>> On 15 December 2014 at 10:16, Stephen Connolly < >>>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> After counting the 21 votes cast. I am eliminating C, F, G, and L as >>>>> there is less than 3 votes between them and redistributing those votes >>>>> would not affect the position of any of C, F, G or L >>>>> >>>>> Round 2 of the count will now proceed >>>>> >>>>> On 15 December 2014 at 10:04, Stephen Connolly < >>>>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> This poll is now closed. I will now proceed to count the votes.... >>>>>> and votes received after this mail is sent will be excluded from the >>>>>> final >>>>>> count >>>>>> >>>>>> On 9 December 2014 at 10:52, Stephen Connolly < >>>>>> stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> This is a run-off vote to select the top two options for our new >>>>>>> mascot's name. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The entries with the highest number of votes will be selected for >>>>>>> the final round. If there is only one entry with the highest number of >>>>>>> votes then the entries with the second highest number of votes will >>>>>>> also be >>>>>>> included in the final round. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The vote will be open for 72 hours. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The entries are as follows: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A. Abraham >>>>>>> B. Boo >>>>>>> C. Darth Mowl >>>>>>> D. Jacob >>>>>>> E. Kaboom >>>>>>> F. Moses >>>>>>> G. Rap >>>>>>> H. Shotgun >>>>>>> K. The Maven Owl >>>>>>> L. Ty >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It is not clear whether all of the above suggestions were completely >>>>>>> serious, but I have included them anyway for this first round. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please respond with at most your top three in order of preference. I >>>>>>> may not use second or third preferences if we get a sufficient number of >>>>>>> votes, but in the case of a small poll the additional preferences will >>>>>>> help. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In the event of repeated votes from an individual, only the last >>>>>>> cast vote as determined by me will count. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any other discussion should happen in a separate thread. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Stephen >>>>>>> >>>>>>
