Election Results - Student Elected Trustee Spring 2021 Election

Spring 2021 Student-Elected Trustee Election Results

(Downloadable PDF of results)

  • The election was conducted via a ranked Hare System.
  • Tabulation Method: IRV/Open STV-Ranked Choice Vote
  • Number of total ballots:3394
  • Number of invalid or empty ballots:644
  • Number of ballots used in the count:2750
  • 6 candidates running for 1 seat.

Of the 14,358 eligible voters, 3,394, or 23.63%, voted in this election.

Winner: Selam Woldai - 1247 votes (count after all candidates were eliminated, and votes transferred)

  Alexa Chong Andrea Miramontes Serrano Andrew Talone Brisa Lee Itai Mupanduki Selam Woldai
Round 1 495 560 240* 240** 324 891
Round 2.1 546 597 281 eliminated 351 928
Round 2.2 548 602 eliminated 267 367 918
Round 3 623 653 eliminated elminated 403 697
Round 4 726 776     eliminated 1034
Round 5 eliminated 1033       1247
Winner           Selam Woldai

*Candidates Andrew Talone and Brisa Lee were tied as the lowest in Round 1. In that situation, the software randomly chooses a candidate to eliminate. In Round 2.1, the software chose candidate Brisa Lee.
**To confirm that the results would remain the same if candidate Andrew Talone has been eliminated, the election was re-run after forcing that choice.

No matter which way the tie in Round 1 is broken, the other candidate receives the least votes in Round 2. Thus, in Round 3: Count after eliminating Andrew Talone* OR Brisa Lee** and transferring votes.