@NogShine - There is an "after the fact" Meta post written, but the results will be shown on the election page within a matter of seconds past the deadline. It happens quickly.
@NogShine - Yah, they just have to do the voting calculations, which take a few seconds, then the results will appear. When it's all said and done, there will be a file which will show how the individual who won, actually won. It isn't a straight forward process. If there's no clear winner (someone receiving more than 50% of the votes for #1), the bottom person is kicked off and the calcs done again. This repeats until a clear winner is shown. Pretty intriguing. There's a name for it ...
... I'm sure someone knows the voting method.
This has to do with the fact since everyone can vote for three people, yet there is only one slot open, the voting gets a little dicey if just done directly.
The election pages' sidebars state that Stack Exchange elections use the Meek STV vote-counting method:
After m days, the final voting results will be freely downloadable from this page forever, and we will calculate the n winners using OpenSTV with the Meek STV method.
How does that work? ...
Movies & TV's second moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
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The election pages' sidebars state that Stack Exchange elections use the Meek STV vote-counting method:
After m days, the final voting results will be freely downloadable from this page forever, and we will calculate the n winners using OpenSTV with the Meek STV method.
How does that work? ...
Movies & TV's second moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!
For details on how the v...
2018 Movies & TV Moderator Election Chat
2018 Movies & TV Moderator Election Chat