For the second state convention, Utah Republicans used instant runoff voting for important convention elections, including a hotly contested race for Vice-Chair of the Party. Voter error was remarkably small. (August 27, 2003)

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 

Credentialed delegates: 1549

 

 

CHAIRMAN (First Round)

 

Cannon           922	Levine                      6
Chamberlain    568	Spoiled ballots          6
Clay                  24

 

 #Cannon elected with 922/(922 + 568 + 24 + 6) = 61% of the vote

 

Participating Voters: 1526/1549 = 98% of credentialed delegates

 

Spoilage rate: 6/1526 = 0.4%

 

 

VICE-CHAIRMAN

 

*First Round 

Greene          753	Towner                  215
Guliuzza         558	Spoiled ballots            3

 

#Towner defeated. Ballots transferred to remaining candidates.

 

*Second Round

Greene            753 + 103 = 856	Towner                           -215
Guliuzza          558 + 102 = 660	Exhausted ballots                10

 

 #Greene elected with 856/(856 + 660) = 56% of the vote

 

Participating Voters: 1529/1549 = 99% of credentialed delegates

 

Spoilage rate: 3/1529 = 0.2%

 

Exhaustion rate: 10/(856 + 660 + 10) = 0.6%

 

 

SECRETARY (First Round)

 

Daly                           853

Johnson                      668

Spoiled ballots               7

 

#Daly elected with 853/(853 + 668) = 61% of the vote

 

Participating Voters: 1528/1549 = 99% of credentialed delegates

 

Spoilage rate: 7/1528 = 0.4%

 

NOTE: Most of the few ballots counted as "spoiled" were actually blank

ballots, which delegates were instructed to place in the ballot box even if

they didn't want to cast a vote in a particular race. The rest of the

spoiled ballots were delegates placing the stickers for one race on the

ballot for another race (e.g., placing the stickers for vice-chairman

candidates on the ballot for chairman). The spoilage rate was remarkably

low. And the victory margins were wide enough that the spoiled ballots, if correctly cast, would not have affected the outcome.