OPENSTV(1)						      General Commands Manual							OPENSTV(1)

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  organiza-
       tion must conduct the vote, and this will most likely be done with paper ballots.  Third, the ballots must be entered into the OpenSTV pro-
       gram. 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)