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21st RA and Chancellor - results

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Thank you to all the candidates who allowed their names to stand for this election.

The results are as follows:

64 of 86 possible ballots were cast.

The 5 elected RA candidates are:

Cadence Theas, Cleopatra Xigalia, Gwyneth Llewelyn, Rosie Gray, and Tor Karlsvalt

Chancellor

The results are:

Ceasar Xigalia 34 votes
Patroklus Murakami 31 votes

Referendum Question

Yes 48
No 0
No Answer 8

(A total of 56 citizens responded. Note that there was some reason the RA, long ago, decided to count explicit non-answer responses separately from those who did not choose to answer)

The Open STV output:

OpenSTV version 2.2.0 (http://www.OpenSTV.org/)

Loading ballots from file may2014.blt.
Ballot file contains 10 candidates and 65 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 65 non-empty ballots.

Method Options:
Title -- CDS Election - May 2014
Seats -- 5
Precision -- 6
Threshold Formula -- Droop
Dynamic Threshold -- Dynamic
Fractional Threshold -- Fractional
Weak Tie Breaking -- Strong
Remove Overvotes -- Skip
Remove Undervotes -- Skip
Counting votes using Meek STV.

R|Cadence Theas |Cleopatra Xigal|Gwyneth Llewely|Jerrydon Lane |Rosie Gray |Shep Titian |Tandra Jupiter
| |ia |n | | | |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Timo Gufler |Tor Karlsvalt |Trebor Warcliff|Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
| | |e | | |
==================================================================================================================
1| 10.000000| 15.000000| 7.000000| 8.000000| 9.000000| 2.000000| 1.000000
| 4.000000| 8.000000| 1.000000| 0.000000| 4.166666| 10.833334
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count of first choices. Candidate Cleopatra Xigalia has reached the threshold and is elected.
==================================================================================================================
2| 10.000000| 10.833345| 7.833331| 9.388885| 9.000000| 2.277777| 1.555554
| 4.000000| 8.833331| 1.277777| 0.000000| 0.000011| 10.833334
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Cleopatra
| Xigalia, 0.722223.
==================================================================================================================
3| 11.000000| 10.833345| 7.833331| 9.388885| 9.000000| 2.555554| 1.555554
| 4.000000| 8.833331| | 0.000000| 0.166677| 10.833334
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Trebor Warcliffe and transferring votes. All losing candidates are eliminated.
| Candidate Cadence Theas has reached the threshold and is elected.
==================================================================================================================
4| 11.000000| 11.555568| 8.111108| 9.944439| 9.000000| 2.555554|
| 4.000000| 8.833331| | 0.000000| 0.888900| 10.833334
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Tandra Jupiter and transferring votes. All losing candidates are eliminated.
==================================================================================================================
5| 13.000000| 11.555568| 10.388885| 9.944439| 11.000000| |
| | 9.111108| | 0.000000| 3.055566| 10.833334
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after eliminating Shep Titian and Timo Gufler and transferring votes. All losing candidates are
| eliminated. Candidate Rosie Gray has reached the threshold and is elected.
==================================================================================================================
6| 10.871219| 11.059037| 10.801447| 10.260412| 11.871187| |
| | 10.135879| | 0.000819| 1.301852| 10.833197
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Cadence
| Theas, 0.833334; Cleopatra Xigalia, 0.677084; and Rosie Gray, 0.984849.
==================================================================================================================
7| 11.047732| 10.837078| 10.988897| 10.357194| 10.851874| |
| | 10.911437| | 0.005788| 0.475173| 10.832369
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Cadence
| Theas, 0.830420; Cleopatra Xigalia, 0.663258; and Rosie Gray, 0.898737. Candidates Gwyneth Llewelyn and Tor
| Karlsvalt have reached the threshold and are elected.

Winners are Cadence Theas, Cleopatra Xigalia, Gwyneth Llewelyn, Rosie Gray, and Tor Karlsvalt.

Congratulations to the new RA and Chancellor!

Callipygian

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