Have a look at pTV (http://stv.sourceforge.net/). It's quite simple to work, and has a variety of different STV counting methods to use. Ben Raue ... From:...
... large ... elects 6 ... Legislative ... and ... This is a fascinating aspect of Australian STV elections. It may just be an effect of the geographical size...
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:27:58 -0000, "James Gilmour" ... Looking at the NSW Legislative Council elections it appears that many of the parties are single issue...
Hello List Vote in an online British Columbia STV Demonstration Poll !!!! http://www.demochoice.org/dcballot.php?poll=BCSTV The candidates are: Liberal Richard...
... It is a little sloppy with the quota. When I voted, there were 6 votes cast in a 5 seat race. It was unclear what the quota was (it is shown as 16.7%). ...
In a message dated 04/02/2005 06:02:17 GMT Standard Time, ... The quota in a 5 seat contest is 100/6 = 16.666666 which rounded to 1 d.p is 16.7%. If you want a...
Just a message of support for Mr Gamble, we do not have to go nuts about perfection here, an imperfect device to inform people is way better than none at all. ...
... Why use percentages at all? Everything else is shown in terms of votes. And if you say that the quota is 16.7%, then if there are 6 ballots, each is...
Jim Riley, you talk as if you disagreed with with the choice of the Droop quota and preferred the Hare quota. The Hare quota requires an excessive number of...
I voted in the poll. (I live in BC). Regardless of who voted, and the tiny sample, and the imperfections in the software, I think it is instructive and...
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 10:39:28 -0000, "woodard214" <dwoodard@...> ... That can not be inferred from what I wrote in this thread. I was objecting to the...
... At the time I looked, there were 84 ballots, and the quota was said to be 14. At the time I looked, the leading (NDP) candidate had 25 first preferences,...
One weakness in the BC-STV counting process is its complexity and the ability of the voters to understand the rationale used in the counting process....
Jim, I think you have the wrong end of the stick about the preferences (marks) 1, 2, 3, etc. Those numbers do not relate at all to the number of the round of...
So what is happening in your example below is that for1100 voters for candidate A, only 10/11 of their vote goes to the candidate of their choice, candidate A....
No, they go to "non-transferable" - ie, nobody gets them. With most STV counting systems, the quota remains unchanged, and the last candidate (and perhaps...
On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:59:34 -0800, Jim & Mary Ronback ... The rationale for the counting method is to try to elect candidates with roughly equal support. ...
On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 10:26:04 -0800, Jim & Mary Ronback ... No that doesn't happen. Under some STV counting rules, only ballots that express another preference...
... I've not checked the BC proposed rules but in general votes in surpluses that are not transferable remain entirely with the elected candidate, contributing...
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Hello List This is the link to the Citizen's Assembly technical report: http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/resources/TechReport(full).pdf The rules for counting...
On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 00:24 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), ... BC-STV proposes that all ballots for an elected candidate be transferred, not just those that...
... I think it is covered by Point 9 under Counting Procedure Rules (on page 33 of the PDF document). Point 9 makes no distinction as to its application to...
This is unsound for two reasons. Firstly it violates the idea of leapfrogging preferences for candidates already elected when transferring votes from surpluses...
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Feb 8, 2005 7:40 am
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:40 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), ... What do you mean by leapfrogging? -- Jim Riley...
... Preferences for already elected candidates are skipped when transferring papers. Colin Rosenstiel...
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Feb 8, 2005 6:22 pm
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On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 07:40 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), ... Thanks for the definition of leapfrogging. I thought that was what you meant. But leapfrogging can...
The ERS rules are clear that the transfer of a consequential surplus (other than one arising from first preferences) as logically part of the transfer that...
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Feb 9, 2005 12:16 pm
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:15 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), ... The ERS rules are _procedures_. If they are clearly written, it is so that election officials can...
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