Student Government Elections 2017 Results

Election Timeline

Voting Problems

All online voting was successful● No paper balloting was necessary

STV ranking allowed for the first time

Violations● No campaigning violations were reported to

the Elections Board● No penalties were applied to candidates

Paper Polling Issues● We did not receive any paper ballots

Counting Procedure

● New STV system

● Allowing for exhausted ballots to become abstentions in counting determined thresholds for each round of counting

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.

Election Stats2017

2016

Exec Results

President - Neal ChoudharySBVPF - Gabriela CachSBVPO - Hannah Nourie

The Counting Process- President

The Counting Process- VPF

This is how the votes stood once all write-in candidates were removed

The Counting Process- VPFThe first major elimination occurred, eliminating Miso, and redistributing his votes

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

The Counting Process- VPO

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

The Counting Process- CIT Senator

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Counting Process- BXA Senator● Initial Threshold of 19● Past the threshold:

○ Yiyuan Chen○ Grace Huddleston

● All seats in the constituency are filled

Conclusion

● The result presented are in line with the Elections Policy of Single Transferable Vote

● The Elections Board endorses these results

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.