- Favorite Looney Tunes Character Example One
Distinct ballots:
Voter selections Ballot count Value of the Vote 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 Droop quota (votes needed to win): 4
Calculate the sum of all top preference votes:
(Referred to as the Candidate’s Total Value of Votes or CTVV)Candidate CTVV Yosemite Sam 4 Bugs Bunny 2 Daffy Duck 2 Foghorn Leghorn 2 Make no selection. 1 Candidates who have reached the quota and are declared winners:
Candidate Votes Surplus Yosemite Sam 4 0 Are all vacancies filled?
NoDo surplus votes exist for any candidate?
NoDoes the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
No. Eliminate the candidate with the lowest total value of the vote. That candidate being Make no selection..Does the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
No. Reset the Droop quota and restart the tabulation.Droop quota reset to 4.
Calculate the sum of all top preference votes:
(Referred to as the Candidate’s Total Value of Votes or CTVV)Candidate CTVV Yosemite Sam 4 Bugs Bunny 2 Daffy Duck 2 Foghorn Leghorn 2 Candidates who have reached the quota and are declared winners:
Candidate Votes Surplus Yosemite Sam 4 0 Are all vacancies filled?
NoDo surplus votes exist for any candidate?
NoDoes the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
No. The candidate with lowest votes should be eliminated, but there is a tie for lowest points between the following candidates:
- Bugs Bunny
- Daffy Duck
- Foghorn Leghorn
Candidate Borda count Foghorn Leghorn 8 Bugs Bunny 6 Daffy Duck 6 After tabulating votes with the Borda count, there is still a tie. A candidate will be chosen at random for elimination.
The candidate chosen for elimination is Daffy Duck.
Does the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
No. Reset the Droop quota and restart the tabulation.Droop quota reset to 4.
Calculate the sum of all top preference votes:
(Referred to as the Candidate’s Total Value of Votes or CTVV)Candidate CTVV Bugs Bunny 4 Yosemite Sam 4 Foghorn Leghorn 2 Candidates who have reached the quota and are declared winners:
Candidate Votes Surplus Yosemite Sam 4 0 Bugs Bunny 4 0 Are all vacancies filled?
YesWinners are:
Candidate Votes 4 4 - Favorite Looney Tunes Character Example Two
Distinct ballots:
Voter selections Ballot count Value of the Vote 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Droop quota (votes needed to win): 3
Calculate the sum of all top preference votes:
(Referred to as the Candidate’s Total Value of Votes or CTVV)Candidate CTVV Elmer Fudd 4 Wile E Coyote 3 Porky Pig 2 Tasmanian Devil 2 Candidates who have reached the quota and are declared winners:
Candidate Votes Surplus Elmer Fudd 3 1 Wile E Coyote 3 0 Are all vacancies filled?
NoDo surplus votes exist for any candidate?
YesCalculate the surplus transfer value.
Elmer Fudd has a surplus of 1 which is to be distributed with a value of 0.25.Distribute surplus votes:
Remove Elmer Fudd from all ballots as a top preference and distribute surplus votes to the next highest ranked continuing candidate not already declared a winner.Voter selections Ballot count Value of the Vote 1 0.25 1 0.25 2 0.25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Calculate the sum of all top preference votes:
(Referred to as the Candidate’s Total Value of Votes or CTVV)Candidate CTVV Wile E Coyote 3 Tasmanian Devil 2.75 Porky Pig 2.25 Candidates who have reached the quota and are declared winners:
Candidate Votes Surplus Elmer Fudd 3 0 Wile E Coyote 3 0 Are all vacancies filled?
NoDo surplus votes exist for any candidate?
NoDoes the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
No. Eliminate the candidate with the lowest total value of the vote. That candidate being Porky Pig.Does the number of remaining vacancies match the number of continuing candidates?
Yes, and all remaining candidates will be declared winners.Winners are:
Candidate Votes 3 3 2.75