http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/ Single Tranferable Vote (STV) Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:52:08 GMT James Gilmour http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1390 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1390 STV One Year On ============= On 3 May 2007, Scottish councils were elected by the Single Transferable Vote for the first time. One year on, the Electoral Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:16:25 GMT James Gilmour http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1389 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1389 The UK Electoral Commission has launched a consultation into how political parties describe themselves on ballot papers. The News Release is at: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:49:27 GMT Bob Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1388 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1388 Google Alerts turned up this article from Malta: http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=65879 which refers to (but doesn't describe) "various Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:36:56 GMT James Gilmour http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1387 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1387 The Electoral Reform Society has today published two important reports. SCOTLAND ========= Putting the People in Control Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:48:42 GMT Jeffrey O'Neill http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1386 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1386 Announcing OpenSTV version 1.2 -- software for computing the single transferable vote, instant runoff voting, Condorcet, approval, and many other voting Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:13:15 GMT Richard Lung http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1385 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1385 Attachments warning. Dear members, My apologies, since I downloaded my e-mail back-log, and now have Windows xp with Outlook Express, Ive been infested with Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:32:57 GMT Richard Lung http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1384 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1384 BBC Newsnight mentioned on 28 january that the Brown government quietly dropped, last week, its party's commitment to hold a referendum on proportional Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:15:32 GMT James Gilmour http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1383 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1383 Governance of Britain UK voting systems review http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp? ReleaseID=347379&NewsAreaID=2 News Release from the Ministry of Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:14:32 GMT directrepublic http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1382 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1382 I presented a version of this several months ago on this list, but since then I have made significant progress toward simplicity, with minimal compromise of my Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:26:07 GMT James Gilmour http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1381 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1381 The Reports on the Scottish Parliamentary and local government elections in Scotland held on 3 May 2007 were published today, 23 October 2007. There are two Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:28:25 GMT gharlandau http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1380 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1380 Far out; the manner in which those questions have been framed would put Sir Humphrey Appleby to shame. For anyone not previously familiar with him, or the "Yes Wed, 19 Sep 2007 01:05:19 GMT Bergerud & Roland http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1379 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1379 Norm Ruff sent me this link. Maybe it will help: In case you missed this Compas survey for Ottawa that is referred to in today's paper. Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:54:43 GMT Antony Hodgson http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1378 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1378 Hi Bob, Check out: http://www.democraticreform.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1382 All the questions were on a 7 point scale. There were likely ordering effects, and Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:36:58 GMT Bob Richard http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1377 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1377 Can anyone help me find more details on the study reported in this article? I'm especially interested in the research design -- how many respondents, how they Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:46:07 GMT Richard Lung http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1376 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/stv-voting/message/1376 Canadians United for Representative Democracy rejects the MMP decision of the Ontario Citizens Assembly but recognises that STV gives PR without compromising