Author: buildbot
Date: Tue Dec 8 11:21:39 2015
New Revision: 974953
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<h1>Apache STeVe Vote Types</h1>
+<br/><hr/>
+<h2 id="yna">Single motion voting (Yes/No/Abstain)</h2>
+<p>
+ This is a simple tally vote. Voters can vote either Yes or No on an
issue, or they can abstain.
+ Votes are tallied, and the result is presented. It is up to the
election committee to interpret the result.
+</p>
+<br/><hr/>
+<h2 id="ap">Apache-style Single motion voting (Yes/No/Abstain with binding
votes)</h2>
+<p>
+ This is a simple tally vote. Voters can vote either Yes or No on an
issue, or they can abstain, however
+ certain people (committee members, for instance) may cast binding votes
whereas others may only cast non-binding votes.
+ Votes are tallied, and the result is presented. It is up to the
election committee to interpret the result.
+</p>
+
+
+<br/><hr/>
+<h2 id="fpp">First Past the Post (presidential election style)</h2>
+<p>
+ FPP is a voting system with multiple candidates. The candidate with the
most votes will win, regardless of whether they received more than half the
votes or not.
+</p>
+
+
+<br/><hr/>
<h2 id="stv">Single Transferable Vote</h2>
The single transferable vote (STV) system is designed to achieve
proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat elections.
It does so by allowing every voter one vote, that is transferable to other
candidates based on necessity of votes and the preference of the voter.
@@ -128,6 +151,7 @@
For calculating result, we use Meek's Method with a quota derived from the
Droop Quota but with implementation changes such as those proposed by New
Zealand.
See <a
href="http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/steve/trunk/stv_background/meekm.pdf";>this
paper</a> for details.
+<br/><hr/>
<h2 id="dh">D'Hondt (Jefferson) Voting</h2>
<p>The D'Hondt method, also known as the Jefferson method, is a <i>highest
average</i> method for calculating proportional representation of parties at an
election.
In essence, this is done by calculating a quotient per party for each
number of seats available and finding the highest values. The quotient is
determined as
