1OPENSTV-RUN-ELECTION(1)     General Commands Manual    OPENSTV-RUN-ELECTION(1)
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NAME

6       OpenSTV - Single Transferable Vote and Instant Runoff Voting Software
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SYNOPSIS

10       openstv-run-election [OPTION] METHOD BALLOT_FILE
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DESCRIPTION

14       Runs  an  election  for  a  given  METHOD and BALLOT_FILE.  Results are
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17           Approval
18           Borda
19           Bucklin
20           CambridgeSTV
21           Condorcet
22           Coombs
23           ERS97STV
24           FTSTV
25           GPCA2000STV
26           IRV
27           MeekNZSTV
28           MeekQXSTV
29           MeekSTV
30           MinneapolisSTV
31           NIrelandSTV
32           QPQ
33           RTSTV
34           SNTV
35           ScottishSTV
36           SuppVote
37           WarrenQXSTV
38           WarrenSTV
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OPTIONS

42       -p PREC
43              Override default precision (in digits).
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45       -r FORMAT
46              Report format: CsvReport, HtmlReport, MinimalReport,  TextReport
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53              Weak tie-break method: method-default (default), strong, forward
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61       -x NUM Specify repeat count (for profiling).
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SEE ALSO

65       Homepage: http://www.openstv.org/
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AUTHOR

69       This  manual  page  was   written   by   Severin   Heiniger   <severin‐
70       heiniger@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
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72       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
73       under the terms of the GNU General Public License,  Version  2  or  any
74       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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76       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
77       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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