[eDebate] Topic Area Announcement

[Jeffrey Jarman]

70 schools voted for the topic area for next year.
The winning controversy is the Middle East.
The topic paper is available online at http://www.cedatopic.com/ 
Middle_East_07.pdf

A full break down of voting appears below.


FIRST VOTE  (number of first place votes for each area):

Genetic Engineering:  17 votes
Middle East:  31 votes
Democracy Promotion:  3 votes
Proliferation:  19 votes

So, the three votes for democracy were transfered to the second  
choice, and the vote was recalculated


SECOND VOTE (number of first place votes for each area):

Genetic Engineering:  18 votes
Middle East:  32 votes
Proliferation:  20 votes

So, the 18 votes for genetic engineering were transfered to the next  
available choice, and the vote was recalculated


THIRD VOTE (number of first place votes for each area):

Middle East:  43 votes
Proliferation:  26 votes

	** note:  1 school only voted for genetic engineering--that left  
only 69 ballots for the final count.