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Round 1			20%
Chris ADAMS	1,438.0	(30.3%)
Brian CASHMERE	959.0	(20.2%)
Lester HARVEY	768.0	(16.2%)
Martin DILLON	694.0	(14.6%)
John M HANRAHAN	447.0	(9.4%)
Bill FEATHER	435.0	(9.2%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Chris ADAMS	Elected

In the first round, the first choices on each ballot are tallied.
Chris ADAMS 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 2			20%
Chris ADAMS	948.2	(20.0%)
Brian CASHMERE	959.0	(20.2%)
Lester HARVEY	856.5	(18.1%)
Martin DILLON	909.9	(19.2%)
John M HANRAHAN	544.7	(11.5%)
Bill FEATHER	522.7	(11.0%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Brian CASHMERE	Elected

Brian CASHMERE 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 3			20%
Chris ADAMS	948.2	(20.0%)
Brian CASHMERE	948.2	(20.0%)
Lester HARVEY	860.2	(18.1%)
Martin DILLON	913.1	(19.3%)
John M HANRAHAN	546.8	(11.5%)
Bill FEATHER	524.5	(11.1%)
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Bill FEATHER	Defeated

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

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Round 4			20%
Chris ADAMS	976.6	(20.8%)
Brian CASHMERE	958.4	(20.4%)
Lester HARVEY	1,008.7	(21.5%)
Martin DILLON	1,037.4	(22.1%)
John M HANRAHAN	713.9	(15.2%)
None of these	46.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
John M HANRAHAN	Defeated

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

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Round 5			20%
Chris ADAMS	1,254.6	(27.1%)
Brian CASHMERE	1,082.3	(23.4%)
Lester HARVEY	1,154.7	(24.9%)
Martin DILLON	1,137.4	(24.6%)
None of these	112.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Chris ADAMS	Elected

Chris ADAMS 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 6			20%
Chris ADAMS	1,157.3	(25.0%)
Brian CASHMERE	1,122.0	(24.2%)
Lester HARVEY	1,174.2	(25.4%)
Martin DILLON	1,175.6	(25.4%)
None of these	112.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Martin DILLON	Elected

Martin DILLON 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			20%
Chris ADAMS	1,157.3	(25.0%)
Brian CASHMERE	1,140.4	(24.6%)
Lester HARVEY	1,174.2	(25.4%)
Martin DILLON	1,157.3	(25.0%)
None of these	112.0
Results			Redistributed Votes (to these colors)
Lester HARVEY	Elected

Lester HARVEY 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			25%
Chris ADAMS	1,157.3	(25.0%)
Brian CASHMERE	1,157.3	(25.0%)
Lester HARVEY	1,157.3	(25.0%)
Martin DILLON	1,157.3	(25.0%)
None of these	112.0
Results
Chris ADAMS	Elected
Brian CASHMERE	Elected
Martin DILLON	Elected
Lester HARVEY	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, 97.6% of all cast ballots counted toward a winner. This compares to 81.4% 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 4" 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	75.7%
2nd	15.4%