1OPENSTV(1)                  General Commands Manual                 OPENSTV(1)
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NAME

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

10       openstv
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DESCRIPTION

14       OpenSTV  is  open-source software for implementing the single transfer‐
15       able vote and other voting methods such as instant runoff voting,  con‐
16       dorcet  voting,  and  approval voting.  OpenSTV is the only open-source
17       software that implements the single transferable vote exactly  as  used
18       by governments, including Scotland and the City of Cambridge, Massachu‐
19       setts. These methods have been extensively verified against other soft‐
20       ware and/or actual election results.
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22       Organizations can use OpenSTV to implement their own elections.  First,
23       the organization must adopt a voting method. Second,  the  organization
24       must  conduct  the  vote,  and this will most likely be done with paper
25       ballots.  Third, the ballots must be entered into the OpenSTV  program.
26       Finally,  you can use OpenSTV to count the votes and determine the win‐
27       ners of the election.
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SEE ALSO

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

35       This  manual  page  was   written   by   Severin   Heiniger   <severin‐
36       heiniger@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
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38       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
39       under the terms of the GNU General Public License,  Version  2  or  any
40       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
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42       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
43       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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471.7                              November 2010                      OPENSTV(1)