The Atlasian Sentinel

[minionofmidas]

At Large Senate Update

Hagrid: 21 Inks, Miles, Anton Kreitzer, Realisticidealist, Siloch, JerryArkansas, NHI, Pingvin, Cathcon, Jack Enderman, JCL, Master Jedi, Ghost of Tilden, BMotley, A-Bobibble, Sjoyce, Angus, dead0man, cinyc, Homelycooking

Matt from VT: 11 Maxwell, DC Al Fine, Spamage, Matt from VT, Oldiesfreak, SPC, Goldwater, Supersonic, Odysseus, Lumine Von Reuental, Torie

Napoleon: 14 Dallasfan, Badgate, NVGonzalez, windjammer, Jbrase, Earthling, Sbane, Tmthforu, Tender Branson, Spiral, Ebowed, 20RP12, Winfield, Solopop

Kalwejt: 10 Kalwejt, TDAS04, Sir John Johns, HPJ, Napoleon, Clinton1996, Fuzzy, JulioMadrid, Scott, Hashemite

Mr. X: 10 a Person, Idaho Blue Dog, Ben, Badger, Rejectamenta, Superique, smoltchanov, Vosem, BluegrassBlueVote, MOPolitico

MaxQue: 13 Averroes Nix, Californian Tony, Fritz, TNF, Ogre Mage, Nathan, Marokai Blue, Adam OABB, New York Express, Holmes, Thomas D, Lewis Trondheim, ilikeverin

Alfred: 8 Alfred, Hawkeye, Drj, Wyodon, McGovern, bore, Snowstalker, Snowball

Poirot: 1 shua


Invalid: Freefair, Dkolroga

Actually, Alfred is my first preference among declared candidates (though I forget why I did that).
Oh, and technically, since I wrote myself in, ilikeverin voted for me on the first count. And you're missing Al's exhausted vote (I suppose "blank ballot" is not the same as NOTA?)
So that's three errors on the three ballots I know without having to check. I just hope that rate of error isn't repeated in the remainder of the count.

[minionofmidas]

If Hagrid had received two fewer first preferences that would have gone to Matt instead, with all else being equal, that puts him at 21 and Matt at 20.74 - however Hagrid would then have gotten surplus transfers that Matt would be lacking (and perhaps from elsewhere as well).
You'd have to check the ballots very closely to see whether Matt really gets ahead of Kalwejt. It's possible, the votes were *just about* there, but only with perfect transfer management really.