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The election ended 31 August 2021. No more votes will be accepted.
The results were announced on 7 September 2021. Please consider submitting any feedback regarding the 2021 election on the elections' post analysis page.

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2021 Board of Trustees Election Results

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Elected

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Election for 4 seats with 19 candidates. Total 6,873 votes.

  1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight
  2. Victoria Doronina
  3. Dariusz Jemielniak
  4. Lorenzo Losa

Eliminated/Not elected

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5. Eliane Dominique Yao
6. Mike Peel
7. Pascale Camus-Walter
8. Iván Martínez
9. Adam Wight
10. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu
11. Farah Jack Mustaklem
12. Lionel Scheepmans
12. Vinicius Siqueira
14. Douglas Ian Scott
15. Ashwin Baindur
16. Reda Kerbouche
17. Gerard Meijssen
18. Pavan Santhosh Surampudi
19. Raavi Mohanty

Sankey diagram

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Below is a Sankey diagram that visually represents the information from the table above.

Rounds table

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The following table describes the calculations that happened in order to achieve the result above. In each round of calculation, the candidate(s) who achieved more votes than the quota are declared elected. Their surplus votes above the quota are redistributed to the remaining candidates. If nobody achieves the quota, the lowest ranking candidate is eliminated and their votes are redistributed to the remaining candidates. To understand this better, please refer to this link.

Round Number Tally Result
1
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 767
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 685
  3. Victoria Doronina: 641
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 582
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 555
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 414
  7. Iván Martínez: 395
  8. Mike Peel: 349
  9. Adam Wight: 333
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 294
  11. Vinicius Siqueira: 291
  12. Lionel Scheepmans: 247
  13. Douglas Ian Scott: 246
  14. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 240
  15. Ashwin Baindur: 206
  16. Reda Kerbouche: 204
  17. Gerard Meijssen: 185
  18. Pavan Santhosh Surampudi: 129
  19. Raavi Mohanty: 110
 Quota: 1,374.600001
2
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 767
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 685
  3. Victoria Doronina: 641
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 582
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 555
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 414
  7. Iván Martínez: 395
  8. Mike Peel: 349
  9. Adam Wight: 333
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 294
  11. Vinicius Siqueira: 291
  12. Lionel Scheepmans: 247
  13. Douglas Ian Scott: 246
  14. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 240
  15. Ashwin Baindur: 206
  16. Reda Kerbouche: 204
  17. Gerard Meijssen: 185
  18. Pavan Santhosh Surampudi: 129
  19. Raavi Mohanty: 110
 Quota: 1,374.600001

Eliminated: Raavi Mohanty

3
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 767 + 5 = 772
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 685 + 2 = 687
  3. Victoria Doronina: 641 + 6 = 647
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 582 + 7 = 589
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 555 + 6 = 561
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 414
  7. Iván Martínez: 395 + 2 = 397
  8. Mike Peel: 349 + 1 = 350
  9. Adam Wight: 333 + 5 = 338
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 294 + 4 = 298
  11. Vinicius Siqueira: 291 + 3 = 294
  12. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 240 + 19 = 259
  13. Douglas Ian Scott: 246 + 5 = 251
  14. Lionel Scheepmans: 247 + 3 = 250
  15. Ashwin Baindur: 206 + 19 = 225
  16. Reda Kerbouche: 204 + 2 = 206
  17. Gerard Meijssen: 185 + 1 = 186
  18. Pavan Santhosh Surampudi: 129 + 8 = 137
 Quota: 1,372.200001

Eliminated: Pavan Santhosh Surampudi

Transferring votes

4
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 772 + 7 = 779
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 687 + 6 = 693
  3. Victoria Doronina: 647 + 2 = 649
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 589 + 7 = 596
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 561 + 2 = 563
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 414 + 2 = 416
  7. Iván Martínez: 397 + 7 = 404
  8. Mike Peel: 350 + 3 = 353
  9. Adam Wight: 338 + 6 = 344
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 298 + 5 = 303
  11. Vinicius Siqueira: 294 + 1 = 295
  12. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 259 + 33 = 292
  13. Ashwin Baindur: 225 + 31 = 256
  14. Douglas Ian Scott: 251 + 3 = 254
  15. Lionel Scheepmans: 250 + 3 = 253
  16. Reda Kerbouche: 206 + 4 = 210
  17. Gerard Meijssen: 186 + 2 = 188
 Quota: 1,369.600001

Eliminated: Gerard Meijssen

Transferring votes

5
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 779 + 11 = 790
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 693 + 22 = 715
  3. Victoria Doronina: 649 + 9 = 658
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 596 + 8 = 604
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 563 + 12 = 575
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 416 + 11 = 427
  7. Iván Martínez: 404 + 5 = 409
  8. Mike Peel: 353 + 22 = 375
  9. Adam Wight: 344 + 5 = 349
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 303 + 9 = 312
  11. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 292 + 5 = 297
  12. Vinicius Siqueira: 295 + 1 = 296
  13. Lionel Scheepmans: 253 + 23 = 276
  14. Douglas Ian Scott: 254 + 9 = 263
  15. Ashwin Baindur: 256 + 5 = 261
  16. Reda Kerbouche: 210 + 7 = 217
 Quota: 1,364.800001

Eliminated: Reda Kerbouche

Transferring votes

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  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 790 + 11 = 801
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 715 + 20 = 735
  3. Victoria Doronina: 658 + 28 = 686
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 604 + 20 = 624
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 575 + 12 = 587
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 427 + 8 = 435
  7. Iván Martínez: 409 + 7 = 416
  8. Mike Peel: 375 + 9 = 384
  9. Adam Wight: 349 + 7 = 356
  10. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 312 + 28 = 340
  11. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 297 + 11 = 308
  12. Vinicius Siqueira: 296 + 7 = 303
  13. Lionel Scheepmans: 276 + 16 = 292
  14. Douglas Ian Scott: 263 + 6 = 269
  15. Ashwin Baindur: 261 + 6 = 267
 Quota: 1,360.600001

Eliminated: Ashwin Baindur

Transferring votes

7
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 801 + 12 = 813
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 735 + 26 = 761
  3. Victoria Doronina: 686 + 11 = 697
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 624 + 9 = 633
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 587 + 17 = 604
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 435 + 4 = 439
  7. Iván Martínez: 416 + 10 = 426
  8. Mike Peel: 384 + 16 = 400
  9. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 308 + 81 = 389
  10. Adam Wight: 356 + 17 = 373
  11. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 340 + 13 = 353
  12. Vinicius Siqueira: 303 + 5 = 308
  13. Lionel Scheepmans: 292 + 10 = 302
  14. Douglas Ian Scott: 269 + 7 = 276
 Quota: 1,354.800001

Eliminated: Douglas Ian Scott

Transferring votes

8
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 813 + 18 = 831
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 761 + 24 = 785
  3. Victoria Doronina: 697 + 12 = 709
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 633 + 30 = 663
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 604 + 24 = 628
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 439 + 13 = 452
  7. Iván Martínez: 426 + 20 = 446
  8. Mike Peel: 400 + 33 = 433
  9. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 389 + 14 = 403
  10. Adam Wight: 373 + 29 = 402
  11. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 353 + 11 = 364
  12. Lionel Scheepmans: 302 + 15 = 317
  13. Vinicius Siqueira: 308 + 9 = 317
 Quota: 1,350.000001

Eliminated: Lionel Scheepmans, Vinicius Siqueira

Transferring votes

9
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 831 + 47 = 878
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 785 + 44 = 829
  3. Victoria Doronina: 709 + 64 = 773
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 628 + 93 = 721
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 663 + 57 = 720
  6. Pascale Camus-Walter: 452 + 53 = 505
  7. Mike Peel: 433 + 71 = 504
  8. Iván Martínez: 446 + 32 = 478
  9. Adam Wight: 402 + 42 = 444
  10. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 403 + 28 = 431
  11. Farah Jack Mustaklem: 364 + 17 = 381
 Quota: 1,332.800001

Eliminated: Farah Jack Mustaklem

Transferring votes

10
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 878 + 27 = 905
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 829 + 35 = 864
  3. Victoria Doronina: 773 + 40 = 813
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 720 + 35 = 755
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 721 + 22 = 743
  6. Mike Peel: 504 + 20 = 524
  7. Pascale Camus-Walter: 505 + 16 = 521
  8. Iván Martínez: 478 + 23 = 501
  9. Adam Wight: 444 + 28 = 472
  10. Ravishankar Ayyakkannu: 431 + 34 = 465
 Quota: 1,312.600001

Eliminated: Ravishankar Ayyakkannu

Transferring votes

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  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 905 + 28 = 933
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 864 + 49 = 913
  3. Victoria Doronina: 813 + 45 = 858
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 755 + 47 = 802
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 743 + 34 = 777
  6. Mike Peel: 524 + 30 = 554
  7. Pascale Camus-Walter: 521 + 20 = 541
  8. Iván Martínez: 501 + 39 = 540
  9. Adam Wight: 472 + 30 = 502
 Quota: 1,284.000001

Eliminated: Adam Wight

Transferring votes

12
  1. Dariusz Jemielniak: 933 + 54 = 987
  2. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 913 + 60 = 973
  3. Victoria Doronina: 858 + 55 = 913
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 777 + 80 = 857
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 802 + 43 = 845
  6. Mike Peel: 554 + 85 = 639
  7. Pascale Camus-Walter: 541 + 33 = 574
  8. Iván Martínez: 540 + 26 = 566
 Quota: 1,270.800001

Eliminated: Iván Martínez

Transferring votes

13
  1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 973 + 86 = 1,059
  2. Dariusz Jemielniak: 987 + 50 = 1,037
  3. Victoria Doronina: 913 + 68 = 981
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 857 + 123 = 980
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 845 + 85 = 930
  6. Mike Peel: 639 + 42 = 681
  7. Pascale Camus-Walter: 574 + 29 = 603
 Quota: 1,254.200001

Eliminated: Pascale Camus-Walter

Transferring votes

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  1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 1,059 + 115 = 1,174
  2. Dariusz Jemielniak: 1,037 + 53 = 1,090
  3. Victoria Doronina: 981 + 107 = 1,088
  4. Eliane Dominique Yao: 930 + 147 = 1,077
  5. Lorenzo Losa: 980 + 47 = 1,027
  6. Mike Peel: 681 + 33 = 714
 Quota: 1,234.000001

Eliminated: Mike Peel

Transferring votes

15
  1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 1,174 + 126 = 1,300
  2. Victoria Doronina: 1,088 + 110 = 1,198
  3. Dariusz Jemielniak: 1,090 + 91 = 1,181
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 1,027 + 137 = 1,164
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 1,077 + 66 = 1,143
 Quota: 1,197.200001

Elected: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Victoria Doronina

Transferring votes

16
  1. Victoria Doronina: 1,198 + 23.539429 = 1,221.539429 (keep factor: 0.999332)
  2. Dariusz Jemielniak: 1,181 + 18.323398 = 1,199.323398
  3. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 1,300 - 102.645026 = 1,197.354974 (keep factor: 0.920923)
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 1,164 + 14.822927 = 1,178.822927
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 1,143 + 21.216592 = 1,164.216592
 Quota: 1,192.251465

Elected: Dariusz Jemielniak

Transferring votes

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  1. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 1,197.354974 + 1.756095 = 1,199.111069 (keep factor: 0.916998)
  2. Dariusz Jemielniak: 1,199.323398 - 1.327631 = 1,197.995767 (keep factor: 0.994103)
  3. Victoria Doronina: 1,221.539429 - 26.955822 = 1,194.583607 (keep factor: 0.975372)
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 1,178.822927 + 6.345762 = 1,185.168689
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 1,164.216592 + 8.442532 = 1,172.659124
 Quota: 1,189.903652

Transferring votes

18
  1. Victoria Doronina: 1,194.583607 - 1.255342 = 1,193.328265 (keep factor: 0.971551)
  2. Dariusz Jemielniak: 1,197.995767 - 5.712291 = 1,192.283476 (keep factor: 0.987389)
  3. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight: 1,199.111069 - 6.831715 = 1,192.279354 (keep factor: 0.909957)
  4. Lorenzo Losa: 1,185.168689 + 3.700391 = 1,188.869080
  5. Eliane Dominique Yao: 1,172.659124 + 3.936983 = 1,176.596107
 Quota: 1,188.671257

Elected: Lorenzo Losa

Transferring votes


2021 Board of Trustees Election Insights

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The Movement Strategy & Governance facilitators will post insights during the voting period. This will include number of voters and home-wiki.

Understanding the STV Result

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SecurePoll now supports the Single Transferable Vote method. Single Transferable Vote or STV is a ranked voting method that allows voters to specify candidates they want to see elected in order of preference. For SecurePoll, we selected the Meek's implementation with Droop Quota. Meek's implementation is the most popular for STV elections and is used by several organizations and governments for their elections. The below example uses a more simplified STV implementation (Scottish STV) in order to explain the general concept. A more accurate description of the exact method followed in the implementation can be found here.

Example election

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  • Candidates: Alice, Bob, Charlie, Dave
  • Seats: 2
  • Voters: 7
Votes
Voters Alice Bob Charlie Dave
Voter 1 - 3rd preference 2nd preference 1st preference
Voter 2 4th preference 3rd preference 1st preference
Voter 3 1st preference 3rd preference 4th preference 2nd preference
Voter 4 1st preference 2nd preference 3rd preference 4th preference
Voter 5 3rd preference 1st preference 4th preference 2nd preference
Voter 6 1st preference 2nd preference - -
Voter 7 1st preference 4th preference 2nd preference 3rd preference

Droop quota = floor(total valid votes/(seats+1)) + 1 = floor(7/(2+1)) + 1 = 3

Round 1

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See the file in full size to see visually how votes get transferred, counted, and exhausted.
  • Alice: 4 votes - Elected
  • Bob: 1 vote
  • Charlie: 0 vote
  • Dave: 2 votes

For Round 1, we consider every voter's 1st preference votes. Alice has achieved the Droop quota and is hence declared elected.

Round 2

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  • Alice: Elected
  • Bob: 1 + 0.5 = 1.5 votes
  • Charlie: 0 + 0.25 = 0.25 votes - Eliminated
  • Dave: 2 + 0.25 = 2.25 votes

Alice has 1 surplus vote which will be redistributed according to the voter's second preferences. Looking at all of Alice's votes - 2 voters picked Bob second, 1 voter picked Charlie second and 1 voter picked Dave second. Alice's surplus vote is split proportionately. Bob gets 0.5, Charlie gets 0.25 and Dave also gets 0.25 additional vote.

Since no candidate achieves the Droop quota, the candidate with the lowest votes (Charlie) will be eliminated and their votes will be transferred proportionately.

Round 3

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  • Alice: Elected
  • Bob: 1 + 0.5 + 0 = 1.5 votes = Eliminated
  • Charlie: Eliminated
  • Dave: 2 + 0.25 + 0.25 = 2.5 votes

Charlie got the lowest votes and was thus eliminated. Since Voter 7 has Dave as their 3rd choice after Alice (already elected) and Charlie (already eliminated), all of Charlie's vote transfers to Dave.

Nobody reaches the Droop quota so once again the candidate with the lowest votes will be eliminated. Hence, Bob is eliminated.

Round 4

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  • Alice: Elected
  • Bob: Eliminated
  • Charlie: Eliminated
  • Dave: 2 + 0.25 + 0.25 + 1.5 = 3.75 votes - Elected

Bob received the lowest votes and was thus eliminated. Since voters 4 and 5 have Dave after Bob in their vote profile, a fraction of their votes get transferred to Dave, but since Voter 6 has not specified any candidates other than Alice and Bob (already elected or eliminated), a quarter of their vote gets exhausted.

Dave reaches 3.75 votes which is above the threshold, thus declared elected.

Result

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  • Elected candidates: Alice and Dave
  • Eliminated: Bob and Charlie

Things to note

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  • If no candidate achieves the Droop quota in a round, the candidate with the lowest votes is eliminated and their votes are re-distributed among remaining candidates in accordance with the voters' ranked preferences.
  • If two or more candidates tie for elimination in the final round with one seat remaining, the software allows the election admins or election committee to make a judgement call on how to break the tie.
  • Note that the above is a simplified example. In an actual calculation, the Droop quota is recalculated at each round in accordance with the rule stated here.
  • If two or more candidates tie for elimination in one of the intermediate rounds, we follow the "Short-cut exclusion rule" as outlined in this paper. This rule allows us to eliminate candidates when it is mathematically guaranteed that they can never win. This will happen when the candidate's votes don't exceed the votes by the next-best candidate even when they are assigned all the outstanding surplus votes. This seems a fairer method to decide eliminations as compared to randomly eliminating a candidate in the event of a tie. An example with a bigger election. Note that OpaVote/OpenSTV uses pseudo-random eliminations when it comes to ties. Hence their results may differ from ours in the event of a tie.
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