Questions tagged [openstv]
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How do I generate .BLT files for OpenSTV elections using C#?
I just downloaded OpenSTV after seeing the most recent SO blog post, regarding the results of the moderator election. Jeff wrote that he used OpenSTV to conduct the election, and supplied a ballot file (.blt) along with it that contains the voting…
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Vote counting script is not adding up correctly
I'm trying to count the number of first, second, and third choice votes for each candidate of an election (specifically the Stack Overflow 2014 Moderator Election). I downloaded the data file and opened it up. Based on my rudimentary interpretation…
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Calling Python app/script from C#
I'm building an ASP.NET MVC (C#) site where I want to implement STV (Single Transferable Vote) voting. I've used OpenSTV for voting scenarios before, with great success, but I've never used it programmatically.
The OpenSTV Google Code project offers…
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Convert rank-per-candidate format to OpenSTV BLT format
I recently gathered, using a questionnaire, a set of opinions on the importance of various software components. Figuring that some form of Condorcet voting method would be the best way to obtain an overall rank, I opted to use OpenSTV to analyze…
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