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Loading ballots from file programmers-stackexchange-com-2012-election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 9 candidates and 298 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 298 non-empty ballots.
Counting votes for Programmers Moderator Election 2012 using Meek STV.
9 candidates running for 2 seats.
R|Thomas Owens|maple_shaft |Yannis Rizos|World Engine|Jae |Jonathan Kho
| | | |er | |o
|------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------
|SnOrfus |Karl Bielefe|Glenn Nelson|Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
| |ldt | | | |
================================================================================
1| 80.000000| 34.000000| 69.000000| 13.000000| 8.000000| 20.000000
| 31.000000| 22.000000| 21.000000| 0.000000| 0.000000| 99.333334
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count of first choices.
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2| 81.000000| 34.000000| 69.000000| 14.000000| | 22.000000
| 31.000000| 23.000000| 23.000000| 1.000000| 0.000000| 99.000001
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Jae and transferring votes. All losing candidates
| are eliminated.
================================================================================
3| 83.000000| 36.000000| 74.000000| | | 26.000000
| 31.000000| 23.000000| 23.000000| 2.000000| 0.000000| 98.666667
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating World Engineer and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated.
================================================================================
4| 86.000000| 37.000000| 76.000000| | | 28.000000
| 32.000000| 33.000000| | 6.000000| 0.000000| 97.333334
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Glenn Nelson and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated. Candidates Karl Bielefeldt and Glenn Nelson were
| tied when choosing candidates to eliminate. Candidate Glenn Nelson was
| chosen by breaking the tie at round 1.
================================================================================
5| 93.000000| 40.000000| 80.000000| | |
| 38.000000| 37.000000| | 10.000000| 0.000000| 96.000001
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Jonathan Khoo and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated.
================================================================================
6| 95.000000| 47.000000| 90.000000| | |
| 44.000000| | | 22.000000| 2.999999| 92.000001
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Karl Bielefeldt and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated. Candidate Thomas Owens has reached the threshold
| and is elected.
================================================================================
7| 112.000000| 53.000000| 98.000000| | |
| | | | 35.000000| 34.666666| 87.666667
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating SnOrfus and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated. Candidate Yannis Rizos has reached the threshold
| and is elected.
Winners are Thomas Owens and Yannis Rizos.
