diff --git a/logo_contest_irv/irv.cpp b/logo_contest_irv/irv.cpp
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+++ b/logo_contest_irv/irv.cpp
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+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <list>
+#include <map>
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main (  )
+{
+    string s;
+    list < string > vote;
+    vector < list < string > > votes;
+    map < string, size_t > candidates;
+
+    while ( true )
+    {
+        getline ( cin, s );
+        if ( cin.eof (  ) )
+        {
+            if ( !vote.empty (  ) ) votes.push_back ( vote );
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if ( s == "vote:" )
+        {
+            if ( !vote.empty (  ) )
+            {
+                votes.push_back ( vote );
+                vote.clear (  );
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            candidates.insert ( map < string, size_t >::value_type ( s, 0 ) );
+            vote.push_back ( s );
+        }
+    }
+
+    bool winner = false;
+    size_t min_votes;
+    map < string, size_t >::iterator c_iter, c_next;
+    vector < list < string > >::iterator vl_iter;
+
+    while ( !winner )
+    {
+        c_iter = candidates.begin (  );
+        while ( c_iter != candidates.end (  ) )
+        {
+            cout << "clearing votes for " << c_iter->first << endl;
+            c_iter->second = 0;
+            ++c_iter;
+        }
+
+        vl_iter = votes.begin (  );
+        while ( vl_iter != votes.end (  ) )
+        {
+            list < string >::iterator v_iter ( vl_iter->begin (  ) );
+            while ( v_iter != vl_iter->end (  ) )
+            {
+                c_iter = candidates.find ( *v_iter );
+                if ( c_iter != candidates.end (  ) )
+                {
+                    ++( c_iter->second );
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                ++v_iter;
+            }
+
+            ++vl_iter;
+        }
+
+        c_iter = candidates.begin (  );
+        min_votes = c_iter->second;
+        winner = true;
+        while ( c_iter != candidates.end (  ) )
+        {
+            cout << c_iter->first << " has a total of " << c_iter->second << " votes" << endl;
+            if ( c_iter->second != min_votes )
+            {
+                winner = false;
+            }
+            if ( c_iter->second < min_votes )
+            {
+                min_votes = c_iter->second;
+            }
+            ++c_iter;
+        }
+
+        if ( winner )
+        {
+            if ( candidates.size (  ) > 1 )
+            {
+                cout << endl << "TIE, WINNERS WERE:" << endl;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                cout << endl << "WINNER:" << endl;
+            }
+        }
+
+        c_iter = candidates.begin (  );
+        while ( c_iter != candidates.end (  ) )
+        {
+            c_next = c_iter;
+            ++c_next;
+
+            if ( winner )
+            {
+                cout << c_iter->first << endl;
+            }
+            else if ( c_iter->second == min_votes )
+            {
+                cout << c_iter->first << " has been removed from the running" << endl;
+                candidates.erase ( c_iter );
+            }
+
+            c_iter = c_next;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/logo_contest_irv/irv.py b/logo_contest_irv/irv.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2e60e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logo_contest_irv/irv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+
+import string
+
+f = open("votes.txt")
+
+def load_votes():
+    result = []
+    f = open("votes.txt")
+    for l in f:
+        if string.strip(l) == "vote:":
+            result.append([])
+        else:
+            result[-1].append(int(l))
+
+    return result
+
+def count_first_votes(votes):
+    result = {}
+    for l in votes:
+        if l:
+            first_vote = l[0]
+            if not result.has_key(first_vote):
+                result[first_vote] = 1
+            else:            
+                result[first_vote] = result[first_vote]+1
+
+    return result
+
+def winner(first_votes):
+    print "Trying to find a winner"
+    total_votes = 0
+    for l in first_votes:
+        total_votes += first_votes[l]
+    print total_votes, "total votes"
+    for l in first_votes:
+        if first_votes[l] > total_votes/2:
+            return l
+    return None
+
+def looser(first_votes):
+    min_votes = None
+    looser = None
+    for l in first_votes:
+        if min_votes == None or first_votes[l] < min_votes:
+            min_votes = first_votes[l]
+            looser = l
+
+    return looser
+
+def drop_looser(raw_votes, looser):
+    for l in raw_votes:
+        if l and l[0] == looser:
+            del l[0]
+                
+
+raw = load_votes()
+print len(raw), "initial votes"
+for i in raw:
+    print i
+while 1:
+    counted = count_first_votes(raw)
+    print "First votes:"    
+    for i in counted:
+        print i, " --> ", counted[i]
+    w = winner(counted)
+    if w is not None:
+        print "Winner is", w
+        break
+    else:
+        print "No winner yet"
+        l = looser(counted)
+        assert l is not None
+        print "Dropping", l, "which had", counted[l], "votes"
+        drop_looser(raw, l)
+
+        
+    
diff --git a/logo_contest_irv/votes.txt b/logo_contest_irv/votes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45f14c6
--- /dev/null
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