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Click here to see 1996 FEC Form 2, FEC-2-7-1996-(4).pdf
http://www.allpartysystem.com/FEC-2-7-1996-(4).pdf

See the copies of the original 34 paper ballots cast and kept as proof since 2019:

JPGs of 37 Paper Ballots cast in 2019 at Libetarian Party of Los Angeles County (LPLAC) Annual Convention on June 30th 2019

LPLAC Judicial Committee Election on June 30th 2019

First, see the records of the 37 marked paper ballots as released by Secretary David Bowers
L-P-L-A-C.pdf

* Note above, that all 37 marked paper ballots as released by Secretary David Bowers, that all characters counted as a "1", as one whole vote. Every marked paper ballot shown below has either the numerals 1,2,3,4,etc., no numerals, "Xs", or some combination of which each and every numeral (and?) counts as one whole vote. That's the count by Secretary Bowers.


LPLAC Judicial Committee Election on June 30th 2019
Below are the JPGs of the thirty-seven marked paper ballots as Votes for Three-winner Election

JPG #1 = 4 paper ballots:
LPLAC-1.jpg


JPG #2 = 6 paper ballots:
LPLAC-2.jpg


JPG #3 = 6 paper ballots:
LPLAC-3.jpg


JPG #4 = 6 paper ballots:
LPLAC-4.jpg


JPG #5 = 6 paper ballots:
LPLAC-5.jpg


JPG #6 = 6 paper ballots:
LPLAC-6.jpg


JPG #7 = 3 paper ballots:
LPLAC-7.jpg


Total = 37
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For the vote count, first removed all ballots where ranked choice voting wasn't used, and that leaves nine marked paper ballots from the following JPGs;

Nine of the 37 paper ballots had used numerals correctly; (a-9-ballots.jpg)
a-9-ballots.jpg

Total = 9 used for count of 37 valid paper ballots
28 are separated and marked SPOILED because rankings (1.2.3.4.etc.) not used on paper ballot in violation of Rule #1.
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The remaining ranked paper ballots and vote getters on those nine ballots are:

JPG-2 = two (of six) = 2

1 Ferreira
2 Bruce Dovner
3 Jason Gonella

1 Bruce Dovner
2 Ferreira
3 Jason Gonella

plus JPG-3 = three (of six) = 5 total

1 Tim Ferreira
2 James Ogle
3 Mark Herd

1 Tim Ferreira
2 Mark Herd
3 Bruce Dovner

1 Bruce Dovner

plus JPG-4 = two (of six) = 7 total

1 Tim F.

1 Tim Ferreira
2 Mark Herd
3 Bruce

plus JPG-5 = two (of six) = 9 total

1 Mark Herd
2 James Ogle

1 Mark Herd
2 Tim Ferreira
3 James Ogle
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Droop Quota

Droop Quota = 1 / Total Open Seats (3) + 1 (plus one vote)
Droop Quota = 1 / 4 (plus one vote)
Droop Quota = 25% of votes cast (plus one vote)

Nine good votes, so 1 vote = 11.11%
To surpass 25% (22.22%) then 3 votes (33.33%) plus one vote are needed to win

Round One
1,1,1,1,1 Tim Ferreira declared winner with 55.55% (used only three votes to elect Ferreira, two votesd tranferred to #2 name after Ferreira's name.
1,1 Bruce Dovner
1,1 Mark Herd

Round Two (two seats open)

Depending on which paper ballots are counted to elect the winne and then eliminated first, and whether whole votes or percentages are used for the single-transferrals of votes, two names come in at top and win the open 2nd and 3rd seats;

1,1,3,2,2 Mark Herd (5 tics, sum 9) winner of 2nd seat
1,1,2,3,3 Bruce Dovner (5 tics, sum 10) winner of 3rd seat
2,2,3 James Ogle (three tics)
3,3 Jason Gonella (two tics)
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Round Three, Mark Herd Stands Down on Same Day (one seat open automatically elected), James Ogle wins open seat.

2,2,3 James Ogle (three tics) declared winner of open seat (2nd seat vacated by Herd) (3 votes = 33.33%)
3,3 Jason Gonella (two tics) (22.22%)
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Two Different Voting Results under Ranked Choice Voting three-winner Judicial Committee Election on June 30th 2019

Count by James Ogle using strict math of pure proportional representation (PPR), the winners six months after June 30th 2019, when copies of the ballots were finally obtained;

Three ticks of nine, 1,1,1 Tim Ferreira declared winner with 33.33% (only 25% plus one vote needed under Hare Quota)
Three ticks of nine, 1,1,2 Bruce Dovner declared winner with 33.33% (only 25% plus one vote needed under Hare Quota)
Three ticks of nine, 2,2,3 James Ogle declared winner with 33.33% (only 25% plus one vote needed under Hare Quota)

Count by LPLAC Sercretary David Bowers using approval voting (AppV) the winners and totals on June 30th 2019 were;

Tim Ferreira - 23 votes
Bruce Dovner - 20 votes
Jason Gonella - 16 votes
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