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Student Government Elections 2017 Results
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Election Timeline
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Voting Problems
All online voting was successful● No paper balloting was necessary
STV ranking allowed for the first time
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Violations● No campaigning violations were reported to
the Elections Board● No penalties were applied to candidates
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Paper Polling Issues● We did not receive any paper ballots
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Counting Procedure
● New STV system
● Allowing for exhausted ballots to become abstentions in counting determined thresholds for each round of counting
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Counting Procedure● If candidate receives more than a threshold of the
number of votes, candidate is guaranteed seat● Threshold determined in each round● Should no confidence pass this threshold, voting is over
and all remaining seats are vacant● Determined by the Droop Quota:
[total value of valid votes / (1 + number of vacant seats)] + 1.
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Election Stats2017
2016
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Exec Results
President - Neal ChoudharySBVPF - Gabriela CachSBVPO - Hannah Nourie
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The Counting Process- President
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The Counting Process- VPF
This is how the votes stood once all write-in candidates were removed
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The Counting Process- VPFThe first major elimination occurred, eliminating Miso, and redistributing his votes
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The Counting Process- VPF
Next, Frank is eliminated, followed by Shelly● Frank eliminated with 177 votes
○ In this round, Shelly had 420 votes, Gabriela had 407
● Frank’s votes redistributed● Shelly eliminated with 459 votes
○ Gabriela had 477 in this round
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The Counting Process- VPO
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The Counting Process- CIT Senator● Initial Threshold of 29.6● Past the threshold:
○ Christina Ou○ Gaurav Balakrishnan○ Alisha Lokhande○ Jack Forman○ Alexandra Moy○ No Confidence
● After No Confidence is elected, all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- CIT Senator
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The Counting Process- MCS Senator● Initial Threshold of 23.7● Past the threshold:
○ Yihao Yang○ Karishma Manglani○ No Confidence
● After No Confidence is elected, all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- MCS Senator● Initial Threshold of 23.7● Past the threshold:
○ Yihao Yang○ Karishma Manglani○ No Confidence
● After No Confidence is elected, all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- CFA Senator● Initial Threshold of 11.57● Past the threshold:
○ Ryan Dumas
● Once the excess votes were redistributed, the threshold became 3 votes to win○ By this, No Confidence is
elected● After No Confidence is elected,
all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- TSB Senator● Initial Threshold of 25.4● Past the threshold:
○ Taruna Emani○ Catherine Huang○ Sam Yip
● Excess votes reallocated, the new threshold becomes 14.75, and No Confidence wins a seat
● After No Confidence is elected, all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- DC Senator● Initial Threshold of 27.8● Past the threshold:
○ Roshni Mehta○ Kelly Kim○ Iris Stegman
● No Confidence- 26 votes● Excess votes reallocated, the new
threshold becomes 25.9, Michael Gormley and No Confidence win seats
● After No Confidence is elected, all remaining seats remain vacant by the bylaws
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The Counting Process- SCS Senator● Initial Threshold of 25.8● Past the threshold:
○ Maitreyee Joshi○ Sushain Cherivirala
● Excess votes reallocated, the new threshold becomes 20.3
● Bili Sun and Benjamin Johnson-Staub win seats
● All seats in the constituency are filled
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The Counting Process- BXA Senator● Initial Threshold of 19● Past the threshold:
○ Yiyuan Chen○ Grace Huddleston
● All seats in the constituency are filled
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Conclusion
● The result presented are in line with the Elections Policy of Single Transferable Vote
● The Elections Board endorses these results
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For your convenience2. The results of the Student Senate elections shall not be official unless ratified by way of a majority vote of Student Senate at this joint meeting. 3. The results of the Student Government Executive elections shall not be official unless ratified by way of a majority vote of Student Senate at this meeting, and by way of a majority vote of the Graduate Student Assembly at this meeting.