Election Results for FESCo and Fedora Board seats

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:19:22 -0500, AK wrote:

> On Fri, 2011-06-10 at 11:01 -0400, Jared K. Smith wrote:
> > I'm happy to announce the results of our recent round of elections for
> > at-large seats on the Fedora Board and FESCo, and FAmSCo.  The results
> > are as follows:
> > 
> > FESCo
> > --------
> > There were five FESCo seats up for election this cycle.  A total of
> > 200 ballots were cast in the FESCo election.  Each of the eight
> > candidates could receive up to 1600 votes (200 ballots multiplied by 8
> > candidates).
> > 
> > Votes | Candidate
> > ----------------------
> > 1120 | Kevin Fenzi (nirik)
> > 1020 | Bill Nottingham (notting)
> >  764 | Tomáš Mráz (t8m)
> >  699 | Peter Jones (pjones)
> >  567 | Stephen Gallagher (sgallagh)
> > ------------
> >  535 | Kyle McMartin (kylem)
> >  480 | Justin Forbes (jforbes)
> >  398 | Iain Arnell (iarnell)
> > 
> > The top five candidates were Kevin, Bill, Tomáš, Peter, and Stephen.
> > Each will server a full two-term position on the Fedora Engineering
> > Steering committee.
> > 
> > * * * * *
> > 
> > Fedora Board
> > -----------------
> > There were three open seats on the Fedora Board this election cycle. A
> > total of 204 ballots were cast.  Due to the system of range voting
> > that we use in Fedora elections, this means that each of the six
> > candidates could receive up to 224 votes (204 ballots multiplied by 6
> > candidates).
> > 
> > Votes | Candidate
> > ----------------------
> >  833 | Rex Dieter (rdieter)
> >  608 | Jon Stanley (jds2001)
> >  607 | Peter Robinson (pbrobinson)
> > ------------
> >  421 | Robert 'Bob' Jensen (EvilBob)
> >  367 | Andrea Veri (averi)
> >  274 | Zach Oglesby (zoglesby)
> > 
> > I'm pleased to have Rex and Jon return as members of the Board, and
> > welcome Peter to the Fedora Board as well.  All three of these
> > individuals will serve full two-term positions on the Fedora Board.
> > 
> > --
> > Jared Smith
> > Fedora Project Leader
> I have to ask. If 204 ballots are cast how can anyone candidate get more
> that 204 votes? Your explanation above does not explain this adequately.

204*6=1224 : typo in the mail you replied to

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Contributor_Documentation/1/html/Fedora_Elections_Guide/index.html