[EM] FWD: Irving used in Party State Convention:

[Donald Davison]

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To: instantrunoff at yahoogroups.com
From: "freeutahns" <freeutahns at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 04:36:47 -0000
Subject: [instantrunoff] IRV used to elect former congresswoman Enid Greene
to Utah GOP Vice-Chairman

[Note from Rob Richie: The Utah Republican Party uses instant runoff voting
at its state conventions -- it's a real time-saver in such situations. Last
year it nominated candidates for the U.S. House by IRV. Ths year, it was
used to elect party officers... Note how few spoiled ballots there were --
only three out of more than 1,500 cast, and nearly all of the eliminated
candidate ranked one of the other candidiates second. Onto Rob Latham's
report.]

I was a poll watcher. Here was the tally:

Credentialed delegates: 1549

VICE-CHAIRMAN     *First Round

Enid Greene        753 votes

Frank Guliuzza     558 votes

Mark Towner        215 votes

(Spoiled ballots)    3

#Towner defeated and ballots are transferred to remaining candidates

                   *Second Round

Enid Greene         753 + 103 = 856 votes

Frank Guliuzza      558 + 102 = 660 votes

(Exhausted ballots)  10

#Greene elected with 56 percent of the vote.

 [note: 856/(856+660) = 56.46%  The ten exhausted ballots do not figure in
the final majority because those voters chose not to vote in the runoff.
Don]

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