KPFK (the LA member of the Pacifica radio network) recently held its election for its Listener Station Board. They used STV to elect 9 board members and 5 alternates. 2246 ballots were counted by hand, using a spreadsheet as a tally aid.
There were 27 rounds. Curiously, a write-in candidate was elected in the first round, and the next seat wasn't filled until the 20th round. It was a hotly contested election, but (un?)fortunately I don't know much about KPFK politics. I've been unable to find a copy of the counting rules, but it appears to have been a BC-style count. There are fractional votes even in the first round, for reasons I don't understand. The spreadsheet used for the tally looks pretty clever, but even so the hand count took several days. The five alternates are the last five candidates eliminated, in reverse order of elimination. There are at least a couple of reasons why such a method of choosing alternates is bogus, but the main election looks reasonably well done, considering the constraints of hand counting. I've posted the tally sheet (I don't know whether it's official; I got it informally from one of the candidates), temporarily, for anyone who might be interested: http://homepage.mac.com/jlundell/filechute/KPFK%20hand%20count.zip ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
