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Full Details and Information about the WPFW
Election Results
note:
this page includes the details for both the
listener and staff results.
the Listener-Sponsor Details
See the voting results,
round by round
See the winning candidates
About The Official Election Results -
Single Transferable Voting (STV), or “Choice Voting,”
assures that the majority will elect a majority of seats,
but also that significant minority voices will also elect
their fair share of seats in direct proportion to the level
of support among the voters. With this voting method the votes
are counted in rounds. Initially each vote counts exclusively
for the candidates ranked number “1” on each ballot.
Each vote can end up being divided into many fractional pieces
that may end up helping to elect several candidates. In each
round you will see the candidates listed in order based on
how many votes each has in that round. If a candidate exceeds
the winning threshold his
or her total is reduced to the threshold and the necessary
fraction of each vote in that candidate’s “pile”
is transferred to the continuing
candidate ranked next by each of those voters. At any
point that there are no more surplus votes to transfer, candidates
with the fewest votes are sequentially declared defeated,
and votes in their “piles” are transferred to
each of those voters’ next preference continuing candidate.
This process continues round after round until all of the
seats are filled. For more information
about STV, or the “Choice Voting” method of proportional
representation click
here.
To view the entire series of pages that show the status of
the candidates in each round of the tally,
click here, or to jump directly to the final
tally, which also shows in which round each candidate
was declared defeated or elected, click here.
A note about errors in “unofficial
results” that were released immediately at the conclusion
of the count at some locations, click
here.
Download all of the tabulation
reports - these are zipped .txt files
[note: to save right click (windows users) and select save
file]
Download all of the raw data
- these are zipped .blt files
[note: these .blt files can be opened as any .txt file, ie
using Notepad (windows users); to save right click (windows
users) and select save file.; to use these files, you will
need ChoicePlus
from Voting Solutions]
the Staff Details
See the voting results, round
by round
See the winning candidates
Download all of the tabulation
reports - these are zipped .txt files
[note: to save right click (windows users) and select save
file]
Download all of the raw data
- these are zipped .blt files
[note: these .blt files can be opened as any .txt file, ie
using Notepad (windows users); to save right click (windows
users) and select save file.; to use these files, you will
need ChoicePlus
from Voting Solutions]
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The winning threshold, or “Droop Quota,”
is the smallest number of votes that no more than the correct
number of candidates can possibly receive. It is calculated
by dividing the total number of valid ballots cast by the
sum of one plus the number of seats to be filled, plus one
[total number of valid ballots cast/(1 + the number of seats
to be filled)] +1. in a simple example of one seat to be filled
and 100 votes, the winning threshold is [100/(1+1)] + 1. One
hundred divided by two equals 50. Add one more and the winning
threshold is the familiar definition of a majority, or 51
out of 100. When 18 seats are up for election, with 5,000
votes (for example) the winning threshold would be [5,000/(18+1)]+1
or about 264 votes. 18 is the maximum number of candidates
who can possibly get 264 votes each if there are 5,000 votes.
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A “continuing candidate” is
one who is still in the running and has not yet been declared
elected, nor defeated.
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“unofficial results” - In order
to provide eager candidates with some quick information about
how they did in the election we attempted to use the “lite”
(and uncertified) version of the Choice Plus software at some
locations for unofficial results, with official results generated
by a subsequent run through the certified software at the
national level. Unfortunately, a small problem with that “lite”
program caused incorrect results in the KPFT listener election
(the 18th place winner and the 19th place loser were reversed).
The official results on this web site have been verified and
are certified.
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