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Clarification of tie breaking method

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Signed-off-by: Alexander Hughes <Alexander.Hughes@pm.me>
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* [Grandfather Clause](#grandfather-clause) * [Grandfather Clause](#grandfather-clause)
* [Committee Elections](#committee-elections) * [Committee Elections](#committee-elections)
* [Tie Breaking](#tie-breaking)
* [Special Committee Elections](#special-committee-elections) * [Special Committee Elections](#special-committee-elections)
* [Governance Changes](governance-changes) * [Governance Changes](governance-changes)
* [Disputes Across Committees](#disputes-across-committees) * [Disputes Across Committees](#disputes-across-committees)
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- The Technical Committee is responsible for organizing and running the Working Committee elections. - The Technical Committee is responsible for organizing and running the Working Committee elections.
- The Working Committee is responsible for organizing and running the Technical Committee elections. - The Working Committee is responsible for organizing and running the Technical Committee elections.
### Tie Breaking
Airship elections use a Condorcet algorithm (Schulze/Beatpath/CSSD variant) to determine winners of an election. In
exceedingly rare cases, it is possible to have a tie for the last seat of a committee. In such an event, that tie will
be broken by the committee that is responsible for organizing, running, and reporting the results of the election by a
majority vote.
### Special Committee Elections ### Special Committee Elections
In the event that a committee seat is vacated before the end of a term a special election will be held to fill that seat. In the event that a committee seat is vacated before the end of a term a special election will be held to fill that seat.