Hello, I'm interested in finding definitions of various STV rules. I've heard of Newland-Britton (i.e. ERS97, defined at the ERS website) Meek (defined in...
... The rules for Northern Ireland have some subtle difference from all editions of Newland & Britton. The draft Scottish Local Government rules are similar. I...
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Aug 17, 2003 5:49 pm
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At 2003-08-17 18:49 +0100 Sunday, rosenstiel@... wrote to stv-voting: ... Irish STV: Transfer value = Min (1.0, Surplus / Quantity Transferrable) That...
... ... With that example, it definitely seems wrong to say that the power is "double", which is not what I was suggesting in my last message. Both A and B...
... Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 1287 The New Northern Ireland Assembly (Elections) Order 1998 This may have something to do with the odd nature of that...
... Did you mean 1988 or 1998? Colin Rosenstiel...
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Aug 19, 2003 1:10 am
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:31:21 -0700 (PDT), Jeffrey O'Neill ... The following has links to the election laws for Australia (both Commonwealth and States). ...
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:31:21 -0700 (PDT), Jeffrey O'Neill ... http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au/past_results/state_gov_results/lc_results/index.html Is a link to the...
... Except where transfers not following the lists changed that assumption! Colin Rosenstiel...
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Aug 20, 2003 1:27 am
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... Hmm. That should have turned up in a Stationery Office search but didn't because it doesn't contain any STV rules. I looks as if they are still those in SI...
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Aug 20, 2003 1:27 am
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... There were relatively few preferences that didn't vote the lists. After the 1st count, the list leaders had 99.6% of all 1st preferences. For example,...
... Yes I know but we live in hope! Colin Rosenstiel...
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Aug 20, 2003 8:28 am
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... I'm not sure what I searched for because it was fairly near the top. If you search on "single transferable vote" it only finds 'transferable' and 'vote'....
Northern Ireland appears to be sensible enough to have one set of rules in one Statutory Instrument. Its just unfortunate it's not online. I used to have a...
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Aug 20, 2003 11:48 am
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Today on the BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3183401.stm...
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:06:00 -0000, "Joe Otten" <joeotten@...> ... Last December the Scottish Secretary announced that the SP would remain the same size,...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the stv-voting group. File : /Alternative...
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Sep 7, 2003 11:01 am
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Hello, I've just released software from computing various forms of STV (SNTV, IRV, Random Transfer, Fractional Transfer, and Meek). You can download the...
... That reminds me: there ought be better offerings from the ERS website. Wrong people could get selected in local churches. That could lead to a decline of...
... ... Here is some information on Ada 95. Reasons against standardizing on the best available could be mentioned. -- Here is a mention of a published article...
... The McDougal Trust is an associated charity of the ERS. The above distinction isn't really a valid one. Can I stress that the critical element in voting...
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Oct 30, 2003 1:55 pm
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I grew up with a form of single transferable vote in the republic of ireland. I feel that it moderated voters, helped people to compromise. and gave the...
If you had the time & inclination to do meek by hand, para 2 of Colin's message below would apply to Meek too. If you can trust the software to transfer the...
I have read of several instances where software devellopers started open source projects to devellop evoting with high hopes only to abandon them because ...
<snip> ... Given notorious developments in the USA, I also see considerable merit in having a "paper trail", in which the counting of the votes cast can be...
... From: "R.G.'Stumpy' Marsh" <rmarsh@...> 11-06-03 `Stumpy' wrote: "With STV the results could be recalculated with preferences for the original...
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Nov 8, 2003 4:47 am
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In Ireland, when we fill a vacancy,(Usually after someone dies or gives up thier seat), a new election is called in that constituency. This time round, even if...
