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Loading ballots from file election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 5 candidates and 174 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 174 non-empty ballots.
Counting votes for Mathematics Moderator Election 2010 using Meek STV.
5 candidates running for 3 seats.
R|Robin Chapman |Qiaochu Yuan |Willie Wong |Akhil Mathew
|------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------
|Timothy Wagner |Exhausted |Surplus |Threshold
==============================================================================
1| 27.000000| 97.000000| 18.000000| 18.000000
| 14.000000| 0.000000| 53.499999| 43.500001
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| Count of first choices. Candidate Qiaochu Yuan has reached the threshold
| and is elected.
==============================================================================
2| 45.201018| 43.500038| 27.927828| 33.994834
| 18.412368| 4.963914| 4.183012| 42.259022
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| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
| have exceeded the threshold: Qiaochu Yuan, 0.448454. Candidate Robin
| Chapman has reached the threshold and is elected.
==============================================================================
3| 52.958748| 43.948492| 35.582466| 35.546380
| | 5.963914| 12.889196| 42.009022
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| Count after eliminating Timothy Wagner and transferring votes. All losing
| candidates are eliminated.
==============================================================================
4| 42.605583| 43.427154| 39.335417| 38.709539
| | 9.922307| 3.993889| 41.019424
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| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
| have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.793241 and Qiaochu Yuan,
| 0.428664.
==============================================================================
5| 41.709163| 41.210777| 40.401028| 39.862518
| | 10.816514| 1.328196| 40.795872
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
| have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.763710 and Qiaochu Yuan,
| 0.404898.
==============================================================================
6| 40.911609| 40.903160| 40.779406| 40.211187
| | 11.194638| 0.490152| 40.701341
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who
| have exceeded the threshold: Robin Chapman, 0.746988 and Qiaochu Yuan,
| 0.400822. Candidate Willie Wong has reached the threshold and is elected.
Winners are Robin Chapman, Qiaochu Yuan, and Willie Wong.