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A modified version of the Tennessee example which demonstrates an IRV tie

🔗 TNexampleTie     (tags: { theoretical , CondorcetVsIRV , featured , IRVtie })

Below is the ABIF from the "TNexampleTie" election (A modified version of the Tennessee example which demonstrates an IRV tie)

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Voting methods: FPTP • approval • IRV • STAR • Pairwise • All methods

Results

🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/TNexampleTie

The RCV/IRV results of TNexampleTie are below, and can be edited in the field above.

Method Winner
IRV/RCV Knoxville, TN, Memphis, TN
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IRV/RCV results

TNexampleTie IRV/RCV result permalink:
🔗https://abif.electorama.com/id/TNexampleTie/IRV#IRV
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Note — Round 3 tiebreaker used
Details

In Round 3, Knoxville, TN and Memphis, TN were tied with exactly 42 votes each in the final round. Since this is a tie for the most votes in the final round, both candidates are declared IRV winners. In a real election, this might be resolved by lot drawing or other official tiebreaker procedure depending on jurisdiction.

  • IRV/RCV Winners (tie): Knoxville, TN, Memphis, TN with 42 votes (50.0%) in final round
  • Runner-up: Memphis, TN with 42 votes (50.0%) in final round
  • Exhausted ballots in final round: 0 (0.0%)
  • Number of rounds: 3
  • Ballots counted in final round: 84 (100.0%)
  • Majority of ballots: 43 (51.2%)
  • Total ballots: 84
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Overview:
Active ballots: 84 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 0 (0.0%)
Counted ballots: 84 (100.0%)
Overview:
Active ballots: 84 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 0 (0.0%)
Counted ballots: 84 (100.0%)
Overview:
Active ballots: 84 (100.0%)

Exhausted ballots: 0 (0.0%)
Counted ballots: 84 (100.0%)
TIE(†): Knox, Memph
Memphis, TN: 42 (50.0%)
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 Memphis, TN: 42 (50.0%)
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 IRV/RCV winner:
Memphis, TN: 42 (50.0%)✅
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Nashville, TN: 20 (23.8%)
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 Nashville, TN: 20 (23.8%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Nashville, TN
Knoxville, TN: 12 (14.3%)
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 Knoxville, TN: 22 (26.2%)
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 IRV/RCV winner:
Knoxville, TN: 42 (50.0%)✅
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Chattanooga, TN: 10 (11.9%) (🛑eliminated)
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 Chattanooga, TN Chattanooga, TN
† - This example employs a limited form "batch elimination", where a batch of multiple candidates who (in sum total) do not have enough remaining top preferences to defeat the next highest candidate in the rankings. †† - When a tie occurs, per the laws in the City and County of San Francisco and the laws in the state of Maine, the losing candidate for the round is randomly eliminated.

Voting methods: FPTP • approval • IRV • STAR • Pairwise • All methods

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