Ranked Vote Elections

Interactive Shell for calculating the results of a Ranked-Vote Runoff Election.

load [file]: load a comma separated, newline broken file with the votes in the format

Timestamp,Your Name,First Choice,Second Choice,Third Choice
3/8/2015 13:52:41,Abbey Martin,Candidate B,Candidate C,Candidate E
3/8/2015 13:52:49,Ally Hadfield,Candidate C,Candidate A,Candidate B
3/8/2015 13:52:56,Alex Hachigian,Candidate A,Candidate B,Candidate D

count: distribute the votes, highest priority first. The above data would result in the following vote

Candidate B: 1
Candidate C: 1
Candidate A: 1

count [ignore1\ignore2]: distribute the votes, highest priority first excluding the backslash separated ignored candidates

count Candidate B
-----------------
Candidate C: 2
Candidate A: 1

Example Output

Here is a screenshot of various commands being run against the provided sample file pres1.csv.