Sample San Francisco Instant Runoff Voting Election January 2003 CANDIDATES: Smith Lopez Wong Jackson Leary Begay Washington Chang ELECTION RULES: Threshold Type: Droop Surplus Transfers: Fractional; From one winner at a time; From all ballots Duplicate Rankings: Fully Accepted (fractional) Ties: by Previous Rounds method, then by Human -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 200 valid ballots. Electing 1 candidate. Threshold to win is 101 votes. There were no invalid ballots. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************************************** ROUND 1 -- Tally of 1st place votes CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +55.0000 55.0000 CONTINUING Jackson +35.0000 35.0000 CONTINUING Leary +27.0000 27.0000 CONTINUING Lopez +23.0000 23.0000 CONTINUING Wong +17.0000 17.0000 CONTINUING Washington +16.0000 16.0000 CONTINUING Begay +15.0000 15.0000 CONTINUING Chang +12.0000 12.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS 0.0000 0.0000 TOTALS: +200.0000 200.0000 -- Chang is declared DEFEATED because s/he has the lowest number of votes. ***************************************************************************** ROUND 2 -- Chang has been DEFEATED -- transferring all votes CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +4.0000 59.0000 CONTINUING Jackson +4.0000 39.0000 CONTINUING Leary 0.0000 27.0000 CONTINUING Lopez 0.0000 23.0000 CONTINUING Washington +4.0000 20.0000 CONTINUING Wong 0.0000 17.0000 CONTINUING Begay 0.0000 15.0000 DEFEATED -- 2nd round Chang -12.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS 0.0000 0.0000 TOTALS: +0.0000 200.0000 -- Begay is declared DEFEATED because s/he has the lowest number of votes. ***************************************************************************** ROUND 3 -- Begay has been DEFEATED -- transferring all votes CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +4.0000 63.0000 CONTINUING Jackson 0.0000 39.0000 CONTINUING Washington +8.0000 28.0000 CONTINUING Leary 0.0000 27.0000 CONTINUING Lopez 0.0000 23.0000 CONTINUING Wong +3.0000 20.0000 DEFEATED -- 3rd round Begay -15.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 2nd round Chang 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS 0.0000 0.0000 TOTALS: +0.0000 200.0000 -- Wong is declared DEFEATED because s/he has the lowest number of votes. ***************************************************************************** ROUND 4 -- Wong has been DEFEATED -- transferring all votes CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +7.0000 70.0000 CONTINUING Jackson +6.0000 45.0000 CONTINUING Washington +1.0000 29.0000 CONTINUING Leary 0.0000 27.0000 CONTINUING Lopez +4.0000 27.0000 DEFEATED -- 4th round Wong -20.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 3rd round Begay 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 2nd round Chang 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS +2.0000 2.0000 TOTALS: +0.0000 200.0000 -- Lopez is declared DEFEATED because s/he was tied for the fewest number of votes, and s/he lost in the tiebreaker. ***************************************************************************** ROUND 5 -- Lopez has been DEFEATED -- transferring all votes CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +15.0000 85.0000 CONTINUING Jackson +12.0000 57.0000 CONTINUING Washington 0.0000 29.0000 DEFEATED -- 5th round Leary 0.0000 27.0000 DEFEATED -- 5th round Lopez -27.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 4th round Wong 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 3rd round Begay 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 2nd round Chang 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS 0.0000 2.0000 TOTALS: +0.0000 200.0000 ***************************************************************************** ROUND 6 -- Defeated multiple lower candidates -- transferring all votes. CANDIDATE THIS ROUND TOTAL STATUS ----------------------- ------------- ------------- --------- Smith +18.0000 103.0000 ELECTED -- 6th round Jackson +30.0000 87.0000 DEFEATED -- 6th round Washington -29.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 5th round Leary -27.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 5th round Lopez 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 4th round Wong 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 3rd round Begay 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 2nd round Chang 0.0000 0.0000 DEFEATED -- 1st round EXHAUSTED BALLOTS +8.0000 10.0000 TOTALS: +0.0000 200.0000 -- Smith is ELECTED because s/he has received a majority of the vote. ELECTION COUNT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED Friday, January 24 2003, 03:50 PM ChoicePlus Lite, Version 1.32 (c) 2000 Voting Solutions -- All Rights Reserved