dba.se election 1

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Loading ballots from file dba-stackexchange-com-2011-election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 6 candidates and 48 ballots.
No candidates have withdrawn.
Ballot file contains 48 non-empty ballots.

Counting votes for Database Administrators Moderator Election 2011 using Meek STV.
6 candidates running for 3 seats.

 R|mrdenny  |Jack Doug|DTest    |Lazer    |Nick     |jcolebran|Exhausted|Surplus  |Threshold
  |         |las      |         |         |         |d        |         |         |         
============================================================================================
 1|12.000000| 8.000000| 3.000000| 2.000000| 4.000000|19.000000| 0.000000| 6.999999|12.000001
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count of first choices. Candidate jcolebrand has reached the threshold and is elected.
============================================================================================
 2|13.842105|10.210526| 5.578947| 2.368421| 4.000000|12.000001| 0.000000| 1.842104|12.000001
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the
  | threshold: jcolebrand, 0.631579. Candidate mrdenny has reached the threshold and is
  | elected.
============================================================================================
 3|12.000011|11.219124| 5.712026| 2.368421| 4.231137|12.336200| 0.133081| 0.402751|11.966730
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the
  | threshold: mrdenny, 0.866921.
============================================================================================
 4|12.319403|11.587545| 5.712026|         | 5.231137|12.967779| 0.182110| 1.378236|11.954473
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after eliminating Lazer and transferring votes. All losing candidates are
  | eliminated.
============================================================================================
 5|12.203573|12.182474| 6.083163|         | 5.291409|12.014295| 0.225086| 0.569155|11.943729
  |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the
  | threshold: mrdenny, 0.841241 and jcolebrand, 0.582228. Candidate Jack Douglas has
  | reached the threshold and is elected.

Winners are mrdenny, Jack Douglas, and jcolebrand.