preference-transfer roundbook · climbing rung ladder

Rehearse Preference Transfers Without Inventing an Elimination Tie-Break

A preference ballot is not a static first-choice total. Follow its next remaining choice through a roundbook, and stop visibly where an unspecified tie-break would otherwise decide the outcome.

1 · Ballot code | candidate codes in preference order, separated by >

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Data note: This preference-transfer roundbook calculates in the tab from Ballot code | candidate codes in preference order, separated by >. No input-collection endpoint, AI request or file upload is built into it. Drafts may be saved locally; explicit input-state links and optional external formatting can disclose the records. Use non-sensitive codes and clear the draft when finished.

Perspective: Before: first choices looked like the whole decision. After: transfers, exhaustion and missing tie rules are visible in a round-by-round rehearsal without an invented elimination.

2 · Read the preference-transfer roundbook

Informal rule rehearsal only: no official tally, vote authentication, legal advice or certified election outcome. Verify candidate universe, ballots, governing rules and ties with the responsible secretary or election organizer; keep real votes in an approved private process.

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one full, unwatermarked preference-transfer roundbook App execution
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copy the complete working and boundary; voluntarily share non-sensitive input state

What $4 one-time adds

subsequent preference-transfer roundbook App calculations through a browser-local convenience signal
boundary-preserving print and row-and-summary CSV of this preference-transfer roundbook; conditional retyping budget uses only your entered minutes
five local headline/count/time summaries, separately deletable; full-input draft is separate and not a backup

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Before using the preference-transfer roundbook

This is a rehearsal of one single-winner elimination rule for an informal club, not an official election system or legal interpretation. Candidate codes are the union of codes appearing anywhere in the entered preferences, matched case-insensitively. The model does not know candidates omitted from every ballot, eligibility, quorum, vote authenticity or a governing rule. A strict majority means more than half of currently active, non-exhausted ballots. If none has it, eliminate only a uniquely lowest candidate. Tied-lowest eliminations require a human rule and stop the model. Keep real ballots in the group’s approved private process; all examples here are fictional.

Boundary and sources

Declared local method: In each round give each ballot to its first remaining preference. Report every remaining candidate, active ballots and exhausted ballots. If one count is greater than half the active total, record the model’s majority result. Otherwise identify the minimum count: eliminate it only if unique, then retally from the original preferences. Stop on a tied minimum, an unavailable active denominator or the entered round cap. The headline counts rounds, while row values count ballots; they are not interchangeable units.
Every sample code, measurement, date, price, fingerprint and scenario is invented. Artifact checks do not verify reader data, policies, actual files, tickets, votes or health/accessibility outcomes.
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Mechanism: competence-autonomy-loop

Optional AI formatting, never the calculation

Manual entry completes this preference-transfer roundbook for free without signup. If available to you, the free AI Studio interface linked in the sources may format fictional or non-sensitive notes; external access may require an account. No API key or AI call is built into this tool. Free-tier content may be used to improve products. Review each cell and transcribe it to the labeled row schema; do not paste the JSON object into the row box.

Format only these fictional or non-sensitive notes for a preference-transfer roundbook. Return strict JSON shaped as {"rows": [{"label": "string", "cells": ["string"]}], "setting": "string"}. The columns are Ballot code | candidate codes in preference order, separated by >; the setting is Maximum tally rounds to inspect. Keep all supplied strings and quantities exactly; do not calculate, infer missing entries, invent dates or add advice. If any required value is missing, return an empty rows array and ask me for it separately. I will verify every cell against my source and manually transcribe rows using vertical bars before running the local calculator.

An AI response is not executed, fetched or trusted as a result. Missing values remain questions; the strict local parser checks the rows you actually enter.