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From:
Bill Kahn (D)
Date:
May 09 13:51 UTC
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My suppositional expert glared at me and walked away in disgust when
I presented John Ferman's scenario to her. I'll try to suppose
another one, but I'll ask John to suppose how many total ballots cast
in this supposed election before I put it to the new expert. I'll
expect a clearer scenario late tonight as John is out of posts until
some time after 10 P.M. Of course I am supposing a whole lot here.
On May 8, 2008, at 10:49 PM, John Ferman wrote:
> Here is a
> question for those with expert knowledge of election law. Suppose the
> first choice on 5,000 ballots is to a person who is eliminated on the
> first round. Suppose 1/2 of those ballots 'bullet' vote for the
> dropped candidate, 1/3 of theose ballots leave all choices from #2 and
> higher blank. Suppose the remaining 1/6 of those ballots have a 2nd
> choice for either of the 2 leading candidates. Since 5/6 of 5,000
> ballots are now invalid, they must be discarded. Suppose the election
> was for 5 offices and 7 referendem items - the discarded ballots can
> be counted in those 5 races and 7 issues.
