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This is how voting works right now. Each first place vote get 3 pts, each second place vote gets 2 pts, and each third place vote gets 1 pt. So if your story has 3 votes for first, 0 for second, and 1 for third, your point total is 10.
In the case of a tie, the tie breaker votes count as first place votes. For example, let's say you and I tied for first both with 10 points and the next person got 8 points. In the tie breaker you got 4 votes, I got 2. You would now have 22 points and I would have 16. With the adjusted scores, you would get first, I would get second, and mystery person would get third.
If the run off was for second place, the mystery person would be bumped out of the race because you would get second, and I would get third.
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This is how voting works right now. Each first place vote get 3 pts, each second place vote gets 2 pts, and each third place vote gets 1 pt. So if your story has 3 votes for first, 0 for second, and 1 for third, your point total is 10.
In the case of a tie, the tie breaker votes count as first place votes. For example, let's say you and I tied for first both with 10 points and the next person got 8 points. In the tie breaker you got 4 votes, I got 2. You would now have 22 points and I would have 16. With the adjusted scores, you would get first, I would get second, and mystery person would get third.
If the run off was for second place, the mystery person would be bumped out of the race because you would get second, and I would get third.
Does that help out at all?