[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>This is a how-to question, less of a philosophical or policy question, i hope >I've found the right group, apologies if not. > >I run a small non-profit org whose Board has extolled the virtue of STV and >related proportional voting processes as superior. I must follow that >guidance in the upcoming election of a small steering committee, as a test of >using this for the larger Board elections next year. > > Apology accepted. You might get some help from the STV Yahoo group: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/ BTW I think your plan of re-electing 2 out of the 5 in a years time isn't very "proportional". Say faction A is supported by a bare majority in both elections. After the first election A will rightly have 3 of the 5 seats, but after the second A will be over-represented with 4 seats. Chris Benham > >This is a how-to question, less of a philosophical or policy question, i hope >I've found the right group, apologies if not. > >I run a small non-profit org whose Board has extolled the virtue of STV and >related proportional voting processes as superior. I must follow that >guidance in the upcoming election of a small steering committee, as a test of >using this for the larger Board elections next year. > >My goal is to elect a 5 person committee, the three with the most support will >win a 2 year term, the balance (2 ) would win a 1 year seat. This split will >allow future years to re-elect a portion of the panel. > >I have OpenSTV as my (current) desktop ballot counter but am open to other >solutions. > >I expect 20-30 votes to pick 5 of the 7 candidates running. While this small >number may make me lean towards a human-powered calculation, I'd prefer >something more mechanical, especially because this new process will likely >roll out to the bigger Board elections with hundreds of ballots cast. > >your guidance is appreciated. > >Scott >---- > > > ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
