A couple of decades ago, AMS hadnt been programmed. I suppose that
deficiency has long been made good.
I suppose programmers would have to allow for different parameter settings.
I mean in plain English that different versions of AMS have different
proportions of seats given to party lists and the program has to make all
kinds of adjustments like that.

The German system, I believe, has double counting of the party
proportionality: not only the list vote but the totals of votes for party
candidates in single member constituencies.
It must be a programmers' nightmare to cover all contingencies of AMS.

Best wishes with your work.

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
>