The Speakers Conference on Parliamentary Representation has started work.
I sent them, by way of their secretaries, an Open Letter,
which is at this URL:

http://www.voting.ukscientists.com/speaker.html

Ive discussed the value of JS Mill's parliamentary reform speeches (also on
my website, as well as Hansard on-line.)
Ive also given a review of voting systems, and pointed out that there terms
of seeking women's and minority representation cannot be met without also
allowing for political minority representation other than the two party
duopoly.

Yours sincerely,
Richard Lung.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey O'Neill" <jco8@...>
To: <stv-voting@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 5:23 PM
Subject: [stv-voting] Announcing OpenSTV 1.3


> Announcing OpenSTV version 1.3 -- software for computing the single
> transferable vote, instant runoff voting, Condorcet, approval, and many
> other voting systems. More details and download links are at
> http://stv.sourceforge.net.
>
> The most significant changes in this release are the following:
> -- Redesigned OpenSTV user interface: (1) User can only run an
> election from a saved ballot file (previously, you could use a ballot
> file in memory). (2) User can edit/create ballots in a separate
> Ballot File Editor window and save them to a file.
> -- Can save election results in HTML.
> -- More explanatory output for Condorcet elections.
> -- Added subclasses for different ballot types to make it easier to
> support new types.
> -- Changes under the hood that make OpenSTV easier to maintain.
>
> We would greatly appreciate assistance in further developing this
> software. We are looking for Python programmers (or people willing to
> learn). Please contact me if you are willing to help.
>
> best regards,
> Jeff O'Neill
>