GCFL.net Logo Contest Voting Results

Last modified: December 04 2003 17:13:00.

Voting for the top 10 is complete and here are all the results for the record.
You can view the Top 10 here.
There were 14,435 unique votes cast.

By far the majority seems to want a run-off. After looking at both arguments, I feel a run-off is necessary.

Here is a few comments received from members:

Comments AGAINST a run-off:

• Since there was no previous mention of a run off, my opinion is to let the votes stand as they are.
  

• Let the election stand, as it is, unless the votes were counted in Florida.
  

• Would like to use the existing top ten choices, NO Run-Off.
  

• The important question on the logo vote is: what kind of voting machine did you use to tally the votes? Were there any hanging chads on the ballots? Are you sure that if someone voted for logo #70 it was their true intent? I'm note sure that you can declare a winner until the Supreme Court hears the appeal. This could get extremely complicated.
  

• None of the logos I voted for are in the top 10, so I'd like the chance to vote again.
  

• I'd like to see a run off for the top ten, as there were so many to choose from.
  

• I think a runoff contest would be best. It is interesting to note that logo #s 104 & 94 are very close and those numbers added together would be the highest by far.
  

• Even though the winner had 620 votes, that's only about 5% or so of the total votes. Maybe you would like to have a run-off to establish a more acurate majority?
  

Here is the data (in CSV format) that was used to generate this chart: votes1.csv

Here is a chart of all votes received, sorted by number of votes:

Here is the data (in CSV format) that was used to generate this chart: votes2.csv

Here are the actual final votes (with email addresses removed): vote-results.txt
As you can see, some people took advantage of the fact that we really can't tell if someone uses multiple email addresses to vote multiple times. Still, I think the possible cheating was kept to a minimum and really did not effect the overall outcome.