On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 9:17 PM Edward Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> G. wrote:
>
> > Claim of Error: As Prime Minister my voting strength is 2 (R2423),
> > which makes a difference in this case.
>
> Accepted. Corrected results of the Referee election:
>
> > On Sun, 24 Jun 2018, Edward Murphy wrote:
> >> Voting for Referee ended a few hours ago. Quorum was met (unless I was
> >> badly mistaken about it).
> >>
> >> Aris withdrew as a candidate. Rule 2154 regulates ceasing to be a
> >> candidate and does not include "by announcement" as a mechanism, so
> >> votes including em are still valid. However, it may be interpreted as
> >> withdrawing consent, which would cause Rule 1006 (which takes precedence
> >> over 2154) to prevent em from being installed.
> >>
> >> Votes:
> >> Corona and 天火狐 voted {Corona, V.J. Rada, Aris}
> >> Aris voted {Corona, Aris, V.J. Rada}
> >> V.J. Rada voted {V.J. Rada, Aris, Corona}
> >> ATMunn voted {Aris, Corona, V.J. Rada}
> >> G., o, and Telnaior voted {V.J. Rada} (G. changed eir initial vote)
> >> twg voted PRESENT
> >> PSS voted {Aris, Corona, V.J. Rada}
> >> Murphy votes PRESENT
> >>
> >> First pass:
> >> Corona got 3 votes (Corona, 天火狐, Aris)
> >> V.J. Rada got 4 votes (V.J. Rada, G., o, Telnaior)
> >> Aris got 2 votes (ATMunn, PSS)
> >> No majority
> >> Candidate with least votes (Aris) eliminated
>
> V.J. Rada actually got 5 votes, still no majority, Aris still
> eliminated.
>
> >> Second pass:
> >> Corona got 5 votes (Corona, 天火狐, Aris, ATMunn, PSS)
> >> V.J. Rada got 4 votes (V.J. Rada, G., o, Telnaior)
> >> Corona is selected
>
> V.J. Rada still got 5 votes, still no majority, Rule 955 requires the
> vote collector to pick exactly one candidate to eliminate. In the spirit
> of IRV, I do so as follows:
>
> * Among those voting for Corona, two originally had V.J. Rada as their
> second choice (Corona, 天火狐) and three had em as their third (Aris,
> ATMunn, PSS).
>
> * Among those voting for V.J. Rada, one originally had Corona as their
> third choice (V.J. Rada) and three didn't have em at all (G., o.,
> Telnaior).
>
> Accordingly, I choose Corona to eliminate. V.J. Rada is selected.
V.J., congrats on your election! I hope you will consider taking a more
cooperative stance than you did during your previous time in the office.
G.'s policies have been both just and fair, and I hope you will consider
continuing them.
Corona, commiserations on the narrow loss.
-Aris
>
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