Posts from July 2022

• Later-no-harm and the ‘Wright’ method of single transferable vote

  16 July 2022 | single transferable vote opentally | Comment

  Later-no-harm is a criterion for preferential voting methods which provides that ‘Adding a later preference to a ballot should not harm any candidate already listed’ [1]. The most well-known voting systems which comply with later-no-harm are the single transferable vote (STV), and its single-winner… »

• Curiosities in drafting for the weighted inclusive Gregory method of STV

  15 July 2022 (updated 11 June 2023) | single transferable vote opentally law | Comment

  In Australia, 2 jurisdictions make use of the weighted inclusive Gregory method of the single transferable vote (STV). The weighted inclusive Gregory method of STV is one of 2 systems recommended by the Proportional Representation Society of Australia as part of a gold standard electoral… »