Xref: utzoo news.groups:14743 news.admin:7664 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!stl!dww From: dww@stl.stc.co.uk (David Wright) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: STV new group proposal in 25 lines Summary: It's as easy as 1, 2, 3 Message-ID: <2438@stl.stc.co.uk> Date: 19 Nov 89 12:20:06 GMT Sender: news@stl.stc.co.uk Reply-To: "David Wright" Organization: STC Technology Limited, London Road, Harlow, Essex, UK Lines: 30 Following the discussion period, the proposal shall be put to the vote, and shall include the names suggested during discussion, plus 'no group'. The news.announce.newgroups moderator may add any that have been mailed to him. Voters will mail their votes by putting the names in preferred order; 1 first.preference 2 second.preference ... (including 'no' if that is one of their preferences) and should (not must) state their first preference in the subject line. Voters' first preferences are counted. If no choice gets over 50% of the votes, the choice having the least votes is eliminated, and those votes are transferred to the voters' next preference. Repeat until either => the total of all other choices less 'no's is under 100 ===> vote fails => one name obtains over 50% of the vote (the quota) ===> that name passes After the count, the results shall be posted to news.groups, showing the count at each stage, and listing voters by their first preferences. The list may also show their other preferences in any convenient tabular form. After 5 days the group will be created, unless irregularities have been found. For group proposals where discussion leads to agreement on a single name, the above procedure will work exactly as the present system - name vs. 'no'. Regards, David Wright STL, London Road, Harlow, Essex CM17 9NA, UK dww@stl.stc.co.uk ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!stl!dww PSI%234237100122::DWW "The principle of proportional representation is very simple; election requires a quota of votes, not a majority, and votes that would otherwise be wasted on a candidate who does not need them are utilised by transfer, on those voters' instructions, to other candidates" (Enid Lakeman, ERS, 1971)