Template:Election box ranked choice first round ballots/doc

File:Edit-copy green.svg

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Terminate sentence It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template creates a summary of table for the first round of a ranked choice voting contest. It summarizes the status of ballots other than which ballots counted for which candidates. It lists counts for the number of continuing ballots, over votes, under votes, total contest ballots, and registered voters. The template also calculates relevant percentages associated with those counts.

Usage

The following table describes the parameters to use with this template.

Parameter Name	Required?	Default Value	Description
contvotes	required	undefined	The number of votes that counted for some candidate in the first round. Example: contvotes=247831
overvotes	required	undefined	The number of ballots for which the most-preferred marked choice is marked for more than one candidate. Example: overvotes=1217
undervotes	required	undefined	The number of ballots that did not mark any choices for a candidate. Example: undervotes=4829
contestballots	required	undefined	The number of ballots cast for the contest. Example: contestballots=253877
registeredvoters	required	undefined	The number of voters registered to vote in the contest. Example: registeredvoters=492682

Examples

{{Template:Election box ranked choice first round ballots
| title = San Francisco mayoral election, 2011<ref>http://www.sfelections.org/results/20111108/</ref>
| contvotes = 194418 | overvotes = 820 | undervotes = 2004 | contestballots = 197242 | registeredvoters = 464380
}}

San Francisco mayoral election, 2011
First Round Ballot Summary

	Count	Share of Contest Ballots
Continuing Votes	194,418	98.57%
Over Votes	820	0.42%
Under Votes	2,004	1.02%
Contest Ballots	197,242	100.00%
Registered Voters	464,380
Contest Turnout	42.47%

See also

• Template:Election box ranked choice begin