====================================================================== SOURCE FILE: bv1815_bloc_3c2s_basic.yaml TABULATED FILE: bv1815_bloc_3c2s_basic_tabulated.txt ====================================================================== election_title: "BV1815 — Bloc STAR, 3 candidates, 2 seats (seat 2 by score tiebreak)" scenario_description: |- The LH reference for BetterVoting test BV1815 (a real election, id fk38pk, marked Passed). Labeled "basic/simple", but it quietly exercises the score tiebreaker at the second seat. Bloc STAR, 3 candidates, 2 seats. Totals: A=12, B=1, C=2. - Seat 1: A (12) and C (2) advance; A wins the runoff 3-0, taking seat 1. - Seat 2: remove A -> B and C. In the runoff B and C TIE 1-1 (one voter prefers each; one is Equal Support). The tie falls to the SCORE rung: C's total (2) beats B's (1), so C takes seat 2. Winners: A, C. BetterVoting agrees (tieBreakType: "score", elected A, C) — this case Passes; it's the Bloc analog of a runoff decided by the score tiebreaker. (Aside: the BV export labels votingMethod "STAR" rather than "Bloc STAR" — #904.) num_winners: 2 voting_method: Bloc STAR ballots: |- A,B,C 4,1,0 3,0,2 5,0,0 expected_winners: - A - C # file: bv1815_bloc_3c2s_basic.yaml ====================================================================== TABULATION RESULTS ====================================================================== === BV1815 — Bloc STAR, 3 candidates, 2 seats (seat 2 by score tiebreak) === The LH reference for BetterVoting test BV1815 (a real election, id fk38pk, marked Passed). Labeled "basic/simple", but it quietly exercises the score tiebreaker at the second seat. Bloc STAR, 3 candidates, 2 seats. Totals: A=12, B=1, C=2. - Seat 1: A (12) and C (2) advance; A wins the runoff 3-0, taking seat 1. - Seat 2: remove A -> B and C. In the runoff B and C TIE 1-1 (one voter prefers each; one is Equal Support). The tie falls to the SCORE rung: C's total (2) beats B's (1), so C takes seat 2. Winners: A, C. BetterVoting agrees (tieBreakType: "score", elected A, C) — this case Passes; it's the Bloc analog of a runoff decided by the score tiebreaker. (Aside: the BV export labels votingMethod "STAR" rather than "Bloc STAR" — #904.) --- Preference Matrix --- Head-to-head / pairwise comparison Legend: For - Equal Support - Against Informational only — not part of the 2-winner count below, so no Top-2 finalists are marked. | A | B | C | ----------------------------------------------------- A > | --- |3 - 0 - 0 |3 - 0 - 0 | B > | 0 - 0 - 3 | --- |1 - 1 - 1 | C > | 0 - 0 - 3 |1 - 1 - 1 | --- | [Condorcet Winner] Condorcet Winner: A — matches the STAR winner [Condorcet Loser] No strict Condorcet loser; jointly weak Condorcet losers: B, C (winless — pairwise ties) --- Bloc STAR Voting Method (2 winners) --- [Bloc STAR] Tabulating 3 ballots to fill 2 seats. A,B,C 4,1,0 3,0,2 5,0,0 [Score Distribution] (how many ballots gave each star rating) Score Candidate 5 4 3 2 1 0 | Total Avg A 1 1 1 0 0 0 | 12 4.0 B 0 0 0 0 1 2 | 1 0.3 C 0 0 0 1 0 2 | 2 0.7 [Bloc STAR: Round 1: Scoring Round] The two highest-scoring candidates advance to the next round. A -- 12 -- First place C -- 2 -- Second place B -- 1 A and C advance. [Bloc STAR: Round 1: Automatic Runoff Round] The candidate preferred in the most head-to-head matchups wins. A -- 3 -- First place C -- 0 Equal Support -- 0 A wins. Runoff math: 3 ballots cast − 0 Equal Support (no preference between the two finalists) ─ 3 voters with a preference (majority = 2) A 3 (100%) · C 0 (0%) ────────────────────────────────────────────────── [Bloc STAR: Round 2: Scoring Round] The two highest-scoring candidates advance to the next round. C -- 2 -- First place B -- 1 -- Second place C and B advance. [Bloc STAR: Round 2: Automatic Runoff Round] The candidate preferred in the most head-to-head matchups wins. B -- 1 -- Tied for first place C -- 1 -- Tied for first place Equal Support -- 1 There's a two-way tie for first. [Bloc STAR: Round 2: Automatic Runoff Round: First tiebreaker] The highest-scoring candidate wins. C -- 2 -- First place B -- 1 C wins. [Bloc STAR: Winners — Bloc STAR Voting Method (2 winners)] A C