NAME¶
OpenSTV - Single Transferable Vote and Instant Runoff Voting Software
SYNOPSIS¶
openstv
DESCRIPTION¶
OpenSTV is an open-source software for implementing the single
transferable vote and other voting methods such as instant runoff voting,
condorcet voting, and approval voting.
OpenSTV is the only open-source
software that implements the single transferable vote exactly as used by
governments, including Scotland and the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
These methods have been extensively verified against other software and/or
actual election results.
Organizations can use
OpenSTV to implement their own elections. First,
the organization must adopt a voting method. Second, the organization must
conduct the vote, and this will most likely be done with paper ballots. Third,
the ballots must be entered into the
OpenSTV program. Finally, you can
use
OpenSTV to count the votes and determine the winners of the
election.
SEE ALSO¶
Homepage: http://www.openstv.org/
AUTHOR¶
This manual page was written by Severin Heiniger
<severinheiniger@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by
others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.