Idiosyncratic properties of Australian STV election counting

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.11627v1
• Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 01:19:27 GMT
• Title: Idiosyncratic properties of Australian STV election counting
• Authors: Andrew Conway, Michelle Blom, Alexander Ek, Peter J. Stuckey, Vanessa J. Teague, Damjan Vukcevic,
• Abstract summary: Single Transferable Vote (STV) counting is used in several jurisdictions in Australia. This paper shows some of the unintuitive properties of some of these systems.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Single Transferable Vote (STV) counting, used in several jurisdictions in Australia, is a system for choosing multiple election winners given voters' preferences over candidates. There are a variety of different versions of STV legislated and/or applied across Australia. This paper shows some of the unintuitive properties of some of these systems.

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