RE: [atlarge-discuss] FICTIONAL ELECTION RESULTS

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Henderson [mailto:richardhenderson@ntlworld.com]

> Um... yes this is a problem... Jefsey please could you check
> these figures,
> since the number of votes clearly can't go down for a candidate after 8
> extra people have voted...
>
> Richard H

Actually it can. Possible scenario:- The first count included duplicate
ballots that got through the filters because they arrived from different
email addresses and it wasn't immediately obvious they were from the same
person. These were then spotted on a manual check. At the same time, others
were invalidated in error because the recipient sent a BCC to themselves. So
possibly what you are looking at here is a revised count based on an
exchange of ballots, rather than just an addition of ballots. If so, one can
safely assume the duplicates that were eliminated had a greater number of
votes on them than the combined total of the ballots that replaced them.

One problem with releasing results before they have been checked and
validated, which can take a while even with the services of an experienced
and paid secretariat, like the old DNSO, is that it confuses people, and
wastes a lot of time while people cast doubt on the result. It was always a
DNSO rule never to publish provisional counts before finalized by the
Watchdogs and they were always 100% correct because the Secretariat released
the voter list, against which every single ballot could be tallied, whether
counted or spoilt. I don't think Jefsey needs to explain anything at this
point, since I view it as a provisional count. Rather he just needs another
pair of sharp eyes or two to go over what he is doing and double check for
errors.

Regards,
Joanna



>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>
>
> > 116 Members have voted.
> > The candidate with the largest number of votes has 53 votes.
> > The 11th candidate has 33 votes
> > The 27th candidate has 4 votes.
> >
> then...
> >
> > 124 Members have voted
> > - the leading candidate has 48 votes, i.e. 38 %
> > - the 11th candidate has 29 votes, i.e. 23 %
> > - the last candidate has 6 votes, i.e. 4 %
>
>
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