NAME

       OpenSTV - Single Transferable Vote and Instant Runoff Voting Software

SYNOPSIS

       openstv

DESCRIPTION

       OpenSTV is an open-source software for implementing the single transferable vote and other voting methods
       such  as  instant  runoff voting, condorcet voting, and approval voting.  OpenSTV is the only open-source
       software that implements the single transferable vote exactly as used by governments, including  Scotland
       and  the  City  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. These methods have been extensively verified against other
       software and/or actual election results.

       Organizations can use OpenSTV to implement their own elections.  First, the  organization  must  adopt  a
       voting  method.  Second,  the  organization must conduct the vote, and this will most likely be done with
       paper ballots.  Third, the ballots must be entered into the OpenSTV program. Finally, you can use OpenSTV
       to count the votes and determine the winners of the election.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Severin Heiniger <severinheiniger@gmail.com> for the Debian  system  (but
       may be used by others).

       Permission  is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses/GPL.

1.6                                                 May 2010                                          OPENSTV(1)