Why a new election rule? RATIONALE Senate/Senate Council asked R&E to implement electronic balloting. To avoid multiple run-offs that at times spilled into the new SC term.

Features of the proposed rule Builds upon the existing rule. Established method: Sequential Run-off, Instant Run-off, Irish Method… Used by cities, countries, and in election of the board of many US corporations. It guarantees to conclude the election in one round of voting.

Summary of the new rule “Nomination” round basically unchanged. Each Senator votes for and rank-orders 3 of 6 nominees. In each “round” we either elect ONE candidate or eliminate ONE candidate. You are elected or eliminated based on the number of ballots with your name on the top.

Summary of the procedure The ballots for those who are elected or eliminated are then redistributed according to the ranking of the remaining candidates on those ballots. The process is repeated until 3 candidates are elected.

Many thanks to… A humbling experience. The writing part was difficult. This could not have been done without the help of…

Fred Wilma Barney Betty Pebbles Dino

Rules and Elections Pat Deluca (Pharmacy) Janet Ford (Social Work) Davy Jones (Toxicology) Braphus Kaalund (Law) Douglas Michael (Law) Kaveh Tagavi (Engineering)

On account of the outcome of the nominating round, the following voting ballot is made available to all faculty senators: Senate Rule: “There shall be six (6) names on the voting ballot. The six (6) eligible Senators receiving the largest number of nominations shall be placed on the voting ballot, ….”

Senate Rule: “Each voter must rank order exactly three (3) candidates from the list of the six (6) nominees on the voting ballot. Failure to rank order exactly three (3) different candidates will disqualify the ballot.”

Raw Voting (Ranking) Data on Each of the 17 Ballots Submitted by Voters Senate Rule: (c) Tabulation Round(s) “First, the total number of eligible ballots is determined.” Ballot 17 did not rank exactly 3 candidates, and is disqualified. Sixteen ballots are certified as countable

Senate Rule: “Next, each of the six (6) candidates shall be allocated the number of ballots on which the candidate has been ranked first.”

Senate Rule: “Any candidate whose total allocation is at least one-third (1/3) of the total number of ballots is elected.” 16 No one has 6, so at this point there is no winner yet.

Senate Rule: “If no candidates are elected…then the name of the candidate with the fewest top rankings shall be removed. In case of a tie, the candidate with the fewest total number of votes of any rank will be eliminated, with any further ties decided by a random draw….and the ballots re-tabulated according to the rankings of the remaining candidates on each of them.” Candidates with lowest allocated ballots are: Dinoand Fred First rank votes 11 Total votes 74 Fred is eliminated Fred's name on all ballots is deleted.

Senate Rule: “If fewer than three (3) candidates are elected pursuant to section (c) above, then the following run-off tabulation will be followed: On each ballot, the name(s) of the elected candidate(s) will be removed, and the ballots re- tabulated according to the rankings of the remaining candidates on each of them. Any candidate who is allocated at least one-third (1/3) of the total number of ballots after this re-tabulation shall be declared elected.” Pebbles has 6, so Pebbles is declared elected.

Senate Rule: “On each ballot, the name(s) of the elected candidate(s) will be removed, and the ballots re-tabulated according to the rankings of the remaining candidates on each of them.” Pebbles' name on all ballots is deleted, and the new highest ranking on each is identified

Senate Rule: “If no candidates are elected pursuant to section (c) above, then the name of the candidate with the fewest top rankings shall be removed.” Dino has the fewest top rankings and is eliminated Dino's name on all ballots is deleted

Senate Rule: “If fewer than three (3) candidates are elected…then the following run-off tabulation will be followed: On each ballot, the name(s) of the elected candidate(s) will be removed, and the ballots re-tabulated according to the rankings of the remaining candidates on each of them. Any candidate who is allocated at least one-third (1/3) of the total number of ballots after this re-tabulation shall be declared elected.” Barney has 6, so Barney is declared elected.

Senate Rule: “On each ballot, the name(s) of the elected candidate(s) will be removed, and the ballots re-tabulated according to the rankings of the remaining candidates on each of them.” Barney's name on all ballots is deleted, and the new highest ranking on each is identified.

Senate Rule: “… Any candidate who is allocated at least one-third (1/3) of the total number of ballots after this re-tabulation shall be declared elected.” Betty has more than 6, so Betty is declared elected.

Senate Rule: (e) Runners-Up After three (3) candidates have been elected, three (3) ranked runners-up will be chosen according to the number of ballots allocated to them at the end of the last tabulation round.