[EM] Announcing OpenSTV 1.5

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

Announcing OpenSTV version 1.5 -- Software for computing the single
transferable vote, instant runoff voting, Condorcet, approval, and many
other voting systems.  More details and download links are at
http://www.OpenSTV.org.

The most significant changes in this release are the following:

-- Improved format of election results
-- No limit on the number of candidates (previously was limited to 255
candidates)
-- Election methods are now done as plugins so users can add their own
methods (although only for advanced users at this point).
-- Cambridge STV can save the winner's ballots in files for determining
replacements after a vacancy
-- Added statutes of some rules to the documentation
-- Added draft of New Zealand Meek (work in progress)
-- Added new method called QPQ
-- Comments now allowed in ballot files
-- Changes under the hood that make OpenSTV easier to maintain.

Please send email to openstv @ googlegroups.com with any questions or comments.

best regards,
Jeff O'Neill