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I figured I should post some sort of answer. The election is over; the winners were:

Michael Mrozek http://unix.stackexchange.com/users/flair/73.png xenoterracide http://unix.stackexchange.com/users/flair/29.png mattdm http://unix.stackexchange.com/users/flair/2511.png

Here's the complete OpenSTV output:

Unix and Linux Moderator Election 2011

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Loading ballots from file election-results.blt.
Ballot file contains 6 candidates and 54 ballots.
Ballot file contains 54 non-empty ballots.

Counting votes for Unix and Linux Moderator Election 2011 using Meek STV.
6 candidates running for 3 seats.

Round    Michael Mrozek    xenoterracide    phunehehe    mattdm       Tshepang    maxschlepzig    Exhausted    Surplus    Threshold
1        37.000000         8.000000         1.000000     4.000000     3.000000    1.000000        0.000000     23.499999  13.500001
Count of first choices. Candidate Michael Mrozek has reached the threshold and is elected.
2        13.500005         20.067565        2.905405     7.175675     6.810810    2.270270        1.270270     7.202704   13.182433
Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Michael Mrozek, 0.364865. Candidate xenoterracide has reached the threshold and is elected.
3        13.793630         13.289569        4.820250     9.107686     8.408307    3.072247        1.508311     0.837353   13.122923
Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Michael Mrozek, 0.356282 and xenoterracide, 0.656903.
4        14.038108         14.369332        4.820250     9.107686     8.408307                    3.256317     3.035598     12.685921
Count after eliminating maxschlepzig and transferring votes. All losing candidates are eliminated.
5        14.160348         15.871956                     9.751404     8.751404                    5.464888     5.764746     12.133779
Count after eliminating phunehehe and transferring votes. All losing candidates are eliminated.
6        12.511666        12.697122                      11.086877    10.086877                   7.617458     2.017516     11.595636
Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Michael Mrozek, 0.305293 and xenoterracide, 0.502189.
7        11.694278        11.821160                      11.561103    10.561103                   8.362356     0.848305     11.409412
Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the threshold: Michael Mrozek, 0.282942 and xenoterracide, 0.458624. Candidate mattdm has reached the threshold and is elected.
Winners are Michael Mrozek, xenoterracide, and mattdm.
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