| 8.11.13 10:03 | 
 | Listened to Maria Vidal - Body Rock |
| 7.11.13 22:24 | 
 | It's official! After 33 rounds (hey, I lasted halfway!), Betsy Hodges and Mark Andrew were left - Hodges was declared the winner with 38,870 votes (48.95%) to Andrew's 24,972 votes (31.44%). Exhausted ballots were 15,573 (19.61%). So I needed juuuuuuust about 38,680 more votes - if you're gonna fall short, fall WAY short. |
| 7.11.13 20:47 | 
| Sorry I'm late. Did you already figure it out? We were the only two declared Libertarians in the race |
| 7.11.13 19:18 |
 | Found my notes - ward order this time around is: 8, 11, 3, 13*, 9*, 5*, 7, 6, 10, 12, 2, 4, 1
*race needs RCV elimination(s) |
| 7.11.13 19:11 |
| Ward 13 CM will be next, I believe - then Ward 9, then Ward 5 |
| 7.11.13 19:04 |
| The Charter Commission wasted no time putting forward a proposal to increase the filing fee for mayor from $20 to $500. I ALSO wasted no time taking to E-Democracy.org to complain about it. (Link to E-Democracy.org: Unelected Charter Commission Unanimously Approves Recommendation to Increase Mayoral Filing Fee to $500) |
| 7.11.13 18:27 |
| Listened to Beats International - Invasion of the Freestyle: Discuss featuring RPM |
| 7.11.13 18:22 |
 | Listened to Prince - She Spoke 2 Me |
| 7.11.13 18:18 |
| Listened to Opus - Live Is Life |
| 7.11.13 17:59 |
 | Friends, running for office has no effect on your Klout score - I didn't get back above 60 until AFTER the Election |
| 7.11.13 17:44 |
 | Listened to Lou Reed - Satellite of Love |
| 7.11.13 17:27 | | (Stupid English language) |
| 7.11.13 17:27 |
| By 1 vote, James Everett pips in their 11th and final swap - she'll be eliminated in Round 25 and he in R26. |
| 7.11.13 17:05 |
| Interesting (only to me?) thing about RCV counting is that Ms. Bennett & Mr. Everett have changed places 10 times so far |
| 7.11.13 17:02 | 
 | 24 oz bottle of Diet Dr Pepper |
| 7.11.13 15:55 |
 | [+] [–] Listened to Yamo - Time Pie |
| 7.11.13 15:24 |  | Cheddar Cheese |
| 7.11.13 15:00 | 
| SYMC closing quote: 22.83 ▼0.30 (Range: 22.79 - 23.24) |
| 7.11.13 14:35 |
| [+] [–] Listened to K-X-P - II |
| 7.11.13 13:51 |
| [+] [–] Listened to K-X-P - s/t |
| 7.11.13 13:11 | 
| Mmmm yes |
| 7.11.13 13:09 |
 | Whoa, I figured you already knew me. You might like to join us over at the-w.com ! |
| 7.11.13 13:07 |
| This is probably a bad time, but you've misspelled Rahaman's first name every time so far |
| 7.11.13 12:59 |
| I can't disagree there, but if you ran for months/year, why not wait until you're mathematically eliminated? For your supporters |
| 7.11.13 12:44 |
| I officially finished 21st out of 35.
Also, the MN Libertarian Party may have excommunicated me. I'm not sure. |
| 7.11.13 12:29 |
| When Clark is eliminated, check the "exhausted" pile gain to see how we probably split the (massive) libertarian vote |
| 7.11.13 12:27 |
| Interestingly (?), I have passed the largest number of votes in any round - 54 to the "blessed" LP candidate |
| 7.11.13 12:22 |
| TWO DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY: Round 17 is complete and I have officially been eliminated. I'm the 20th runner-up. My 194 votes have been transferred to other candidates, where applicable. (If you voted for any of the 20 people above me #1 but ranked me #2 or #3, I never got your vote - you should switched us and kept me alive one more round!)
I always said my main goal was to not finish last, so in that respect I have succeeded beyond expecations. ;-)
Thanks to everybody for sharing this experience with me! |
| 7.11.13 12:22 |
| The people have spoken, and they have resoundingly said: "Who ARE you?" |
| 7.11.13 12:07 |
| RT : Look out , is coming for you next ;-) |
| 7.11.13 12:06 |
| Media availability in 10 minutes over by the coffee machine - look for the only guy standing there |
| 7.11.13 11:55 |
| Let the record reflect that, by 5 votes, I will have lasted one more round than Mr. Wagner |
| 7.11.13 11:06 |
 | YOGURT OF THE DAY: APPLE TURNOVER |
| 7.11.13 10:45 |
| Why concede when you're still mathematically alive? What politician does that? (Well, besides Mark Andrew, I mean) |
| 7.11.13 10:23 |
| If Don Samuels hasn't conceded yet, (1) it's an underreported story (2) he may be only "major" candidate to "get" RCV |
| 7.11.13 09:58 | 
|  Symantec (Roseville, MN) |
| 7.11.13 09:55 |
| Listened to The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Disaster Fund Collection |
| 7.11.13 09:49 |
| Listened to Teena Marie - Luv Letter |
| 7.11.13 09:47 |
| U.S. Post Office (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 7.11.13 09:43 |
| Listened to The Buggles - Living In The Plastic Age |
| 6.11.13 23:47 |
| RT : Round 14 last result of the evening. Tabulation will resume at 10 am. |
| 6.11.13 23:41 |
| Up to Round 15 and I haven't been eliminated yet! I'm up to 192 official votes but only 4 votes ahead of Mr. Wagner. Mr. Baxter will be next eliminated (180) and then we'll see if it's him or me (or if I miraculously pass Mr. Clark (206) or Mr. Hanna (214)) - they may stop counting for the day at midnight, so I just might last one more night! (Link to "2013 Minneapolis Municipal Election Results: Mayor Ranked-choice Voting Tabulation Center Summary Statement") |
| 6.11.13 22:07 |
| Listened to School of Seven Bells - Face To Face On High Places (Jesu Remix) |
| 6.11.13 22:01 |
| Listened to Coldcut - Just For The Kick |
| 6.11.13 22:01 |
 | McDonald's (Saint Paul, MN) |
| 6.11.13 22:01 | | Holiday Station Store (St. Paul, MN) |
| 6.11.13 21:53 |
 | Listened to Wilkinson - Essential Mix 2013-11-02 |
| 6.11.13 21:24 | 
 | Wolves... don't win (#twolves 93 - #warriors 106) #nofilter @ Target Center |
| 6.11.13 20:37 |
| DOUBLE DOUBLE ALERT! KEVIN LOVE: 5 (12 & 10, 5:28 3rd) |
| 6.11.13 20:10 |
| HALFTIME: #warriors 50 - #twolves 47 @ Target Center |
