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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.