Assignment:
The following electoral method is used to choose the mayor of Sleepy Hollow: Every resident ranks the candidates from most preferred to least preferred, and places this ranked list in a ballot box. Each candidate receives a number of points equal to the number of residents who rank him or her in the first two positions. The candidate who thus amasses the greatest number of points wins the election. If two or more candidates are tied for first place in the number of points, the winner of the election is the candidate among them whose social security number is smallest. Assume there are at least three candidates.
Provide complete and step by step solution for the question and show calculations and use formulas.