Hi, I'd like to understand if STeVe uses the Weighted Inclusive Gregory Method (WIGM) which is described as best I can below. It seems to be the most popular of the public election methods.
I understand that other methods are also in use: Meek's Method and Warren's Method. These are described in more detail at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting_single_transferable_votes Can anyone confirm, or tell me which method is used by STeVe? I've subscribed to dev@steve so no need to cc me directly. Thanks, Craig > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Craig Russell <[email protected]> > Subject: Question on Single Transferrable Vote surplus transfer > Date: March 6, 2024 at 16:48:40 PST > To: Steve Chessin <[email protected]>, Peter Hertan > <[email protected]> > > Multi-winner races here. I think this is what surplus transfer means: > > When a candidate has more votes than needed to win, the extra votes are > distributed to the voters' second/third/etc choices. > > But which voters' ballots are looked at for their next choice? > > Seems like all voters who voted for the winner should have their next choices > counted, and a proportion of those votes should be distributed. > > Example: Candidate A wins 50 votes when only 30 are needed to win. So 20 > votes should go to the 50 voters' next choice. Of the 50, 15 voters chose B, > 17 chose C, and 18 chose D. There are 20 excess votes to be distributed. > > So > 15 * 20/50 go to B > 17 * 20/50 go to C and > 18 * 20/50 go to D. > > Is this the way it works? > > Craig L Russell > [email protected] > Craig L Russell [email protected]
