[EM] Pirate Party of Berlin adopts the Schulze method

[Markus Schulze]

Hallo,

Robert Bristow-Johnson wrote (1 March 2011):

> that said, i can't figure out from the website
> who wins according to the Schulze algorithm.

I wrote (1 March 2011):

> magalski beats baum 48:39.
> baum beats mayer 48:46.
> mayer beats magalski 48:47.
>
> The bylaws say that the strength of a pairwise defeat
> is measured by the absolute number of votes for the
> winner of this pairwise defeat. So each defeat has
> a strength of 48. Therefore, there is a tie between
> magalski, baum, and mayer.

There was a runoff (for the first to the third place
of the party list) on 19 March 2011. This runoff was
held using approval voting.

magalski: 42 votes
baum: 42 votes
mayer: 27 votes

As there was a tie between magalski and baum, the
winner (baum) was chosen by lot.

Markus Schulze