One of the fascinating aspects of ranked choice voting is that one can learn which candidates have a similar voting base. I certainly wanted to know where the votes went after each candidate was eliminated. Below are charts that follow the flow of votes from round to round to show you how we got to the final tally and declaration of a winner.
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Phil Ting received $279,668 in taxpayer-funded financing for his mayoral candidacy, but as of Wednesday he only received 806 votes. That’s $347 per vote spent by San Francisco taxpayers to subsidize his failed campaign.
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Much has been made of Mayor Ed Lee’s allegedly laundered campaign contributions this election season, but many of his opponents also have taken illegal money — amid considerably less scandal.
City ethics rules forbid candidates from taking money from people involved in organizations awarded city contracts worth more than $50,000 if those contracts are approved by the candidates in their current city jobs or by the office they are seeking.
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Five candidates in the mayoral race gathered on the steps of City Hall on Thursday morning with a galvanized message denouncing Mayor Ed Lee for allowing corruption to surround him.
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With early absentee voting under way and just five days until San Franciscans swarm to the voting booths, stories of laundered campaign contributions and ballot stuffing continue to dog Mayor Ed Lee.
On Wednesday, after new allegations surfaced that a Lee supporter laundered campaign donations, Lee’s opponents once again rushed for the spotlight to demand an investigation and federal oversight of Tuesday’s elections.
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In the race for San Francisco mayor, voters may be curious as to what the 16 candidates views are on such weighty topics as Muni’s Central Subway project, the city budget and even education. But one website is asking voters a really poignant question: Who’s hot or not?
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Allegations of voter manipulation by an independent expenditure group supporting Ed Lee prompted seven mayoral candidates to seek federal election monitors Sunday.
Lee’s challengers wrote to the U.S. Department of Justice and the California secretary of state, suggesting that the SF Neighbor Alliance targets Cantonese-speaking voters and “may potentially impinge on” their voting rights.
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Your attention please, demonstrators of Occupy SF – otherwise known as the 99 percent. The 1 percent is here to help.
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Early voting for the Nov. 8 election began in typical fashion Tuesday with mayoral hopefuls casting ballots on the ground floor of City Hall. As expected, the obligatory entourage of supporters and members of the press snapped photos as the candidates voted for themselves.
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Early voting for the Nov. 8 election began Tuesday with three mayoral hopefuls casting ballots on the ground floor of City Hall.
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