# Hot Blava

The national debate will always seep over into local politics and thus, events on the national stage will find their way into Hot Blava. We hope that Hot Blava will be an interesting mixture of national issues and issues that affect Utah, and particularly Utah County where we live. Mostly, it is great to write about issues you're thinking about as it solidifies your thinking... or exposes your own irrationality. You can decide which is which.

## Monday, December 03, 2007

### Explaining the Vote

There have been a few questions about how a preference choice election works. As you know, we are using a preference choice voting system for our Bloghive Advisory Board election that closes tonight. I'm such a fan of the voting system that I was glad to have an opportunity to let others try it out firsthand.
I created a video clip to explain how the voting system works. The biggest mistake people have made in interpreting the results of the election was to only look at the "first round" and assume the top five vote getters were the five winners. You've got to scroll all the way to the last round of the results page to see who the winners are.
Here are the current results for the election. Starting tomorrow, you'll be able to cast ballots in the poll without affecting the outcome, just to see how your vote would be counted. It is a really fun exercise. The video is below. Click this to see a slightly larger version.

#### 3 Comments:

At 11:28 AM, December 03, 2007, Keryn said...

  Excellent explanation!

At 12:26 PM, December 03, 2007, JM Bell said...

  that was a great explanation ... so ... when does the electoral community college present our votes to the Bloghive Congress? Is that next?
  Ha!

At 1:13 PM, December 03, 2007, Keryn said...

  Oooh, ooh! I nominate myself to be the Bloghive Congress. As wife, I "advise" Bradley on decisions, and I "consented" to this project.
  Whaddya think?

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