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Round 1			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	3,214.0	(49.6%)
Sadia Khan	1,750.0	(27.0%)
Becky Hopwood	1,316.0	(20.3%)
Lucy Baird	169.0	(2.6%)
Write-in 1	29.0	(0.4%)
Write-in 2	3.0	(0.0%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Ron Rosenbaum	Elected

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Ron Rosenbaum has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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Write-in 3

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Round 2			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	1,620.3	(25.0%)
Sadia Khan	1,750.0	(27.0%)
Becky Hopwood	2,470.9	(38.1%)
Lucy Baird	603.7	(9.3%)
Write-in 1	32.0	(0.5%)
Write-in 2	3.6	(0.1%)
Write-in 3	0.6	(0.0%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lucy Baird	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Lucy Baird) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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None of these

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Round 3			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,087.5	(32.3%)
Sadia Khan	1,791.0	(27.7%)
Becky Hopwood	2,528.9	(39.1%)
Write-in 1	49.8	(0.8%)
Write-in 2	4.2	(0.1%)
Write-in 3	1.6	(0.0%)
None of these	18.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 1	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Write-in 1) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 4			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,111.1	(32.7%)
Sadia Khan	1,795.0	(27.8%)
Becky Hopwood	2,535.9	(39.3%)
Write-in 2	14.4	(0.2%)
Write-in 3	1.6	(0.0%)
None of these	23.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 2	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Write-in 2) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 5			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,113.9	(32.7%)
Sadia Khan	1,796.0	(27.8%)
Becky Hopwood	2,536.9	(39.3%)
Write-in 3	10.2	(0.2%)
None of these	24.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Write-in 3	Defeated

The last-place candidate (Write-in 3) is eliminated. Ballots for that candidate are counted toward their next highest ranking.

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Round 6			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,115.1	(32.8%)
Sadia Khan	1,796.0	(27.8%)
Becky Hopwood	2,537.9	(39.4%)
None of these	32.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Becky Hopwood	Elected

Becky Hopwood has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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Round 7			25%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,496.3	(38.7%)
Sadia Khan	1,803.1	(28.0%)
Becky Hopwood	2,149.7	(33.3%)
None of these	32.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Ron Rosenbaum	Elected

Ron Rosenbaum has enough votes to guarantee victory and is declared a winner. To ensure that everyone's vote counts equally, votes that exceed that threshold are counted toward their next highest ranking, if possible. This is actually done by counting a fraction of the ballots most recently counted for the winning candidate.

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Round 8			33.3%
Ron Rosenbaum	2,149.7	(33.3%)
Sadia Khan	2,149.7	(33.3%)
Becky Hopwood	2,149.7	(33.3%)
None of these	32.0
Results
Ron Rosenbaum	Elected
Sadia Khan	Elected
Becky Hopwood	Elected

At this point, the number of remaining candidates equals the number of remaining seats, so the remaining candidates are declared elected.
In the end, 99.5% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 96.9% if only the first-round votes were used. You should be able to see that the winners have a more equal mandate in the final round than in the first round.

Note that even the "highest first-round votes" method is more democratic than most methods used in US public elections: the "vote for 3" method, which allows the largest block of voters to dominate, and the district method, where choices are restricted to the one or two viable candidates within geographical boundaries drawn by the politicians in office.

The Ballot Depth section shows how much lower rankings contributed to the tally.

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Rank	Fraction of votes for winners
1st	80.0%
2nd	12.6%
3rd	7.0%
4th	0.5%