[EM] A PR-STV calculator

[Kevin Venzke]

Hi Richard,

Yes, I did see your post about a contractor who implemented Binomial STV, but from
the thread it seemed unclear whether you agreed with his implementation.

Normally in a multiwinner proportional method the concept is that each elected
candidate will represent some section of the voters. It's hard to understand what
the role of exclusion votes should be in this context. Do you consider Binomial
STV a proportional method? Is the purpose of exclusion votes that one voter should
be able to affect which candidates are elected to represent *other* voters?

Kevin
votingmethods.net


Richard Lung <voting at ukscientists.com> a écrit :
> Hello Kevin Venzke.
> 
> I've just hired a programmer of a binomial stv that is the first voting
> system for the voters to rationally exclude, as well as elect,
> candidates. Present voting methods are two-truth systems; not just stv,
> is inconsistent or illogical; all don't have the same rules for electing
> and excluding, and none of them allow voters to rationally exclude
> candidates, on the same rational terms as electing them.
> 
> I posted the links to the list. But the moderator intercepted them and I
> have not heard from him since.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard Lung.
> 
> 
> On 17/03/2024 16:16, Kevin Venzke wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Not sure if this is of interest but I thought I'd try my hand at a PR-STV calculator:
> > votingmethods.net/stv
> >
> > I included a couple of aids to visualize the outcome, in particular an indication of
> > which preferences on each ballot contributed to someone's election.
> >
> > The Wikipedia STV example computes properly and is included on the page for
> > convenience. The topic is not my strong suit, but hopefully I've done it justice.
> > (If not, I'll fix it.)
> >
> > Kevin
> > votingmethods.net