<div dir="ltr">All of the STV systems the ASF looked at and used (and developed) do not require ranking all candidates when casting a vote. Nor is it a requirement of STV itself.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Tim Bell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tim.Bell@cern.ch" target="_blank">Tim.Bell@cern.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">






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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Could you clarify whether there is an STV system which does not require ranking all candidates (45 in the last round) and would require
 at least N votes (to ensure reasonable consideration) but does not require all candidates to be ranked ?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">This would avoid the “bullet vote” mentioned in
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote</a>, require a reasonable level of education by the electorate (i.e. not just choose the nearest affiliation but also allow a vote to be cast
 in a reasonable time by ranking your top M candidates where M > N) ?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> Simon Anderson [mailto:<a href="mailto:simon@dreamhost.com" target="_blank">simon@dreamhost.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> 15 October 2013 10:16<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:elections-committee@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">elections-committee@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Elections-committee] Draft STV Briefing Paper for Committee Review<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I've attached the draft briefing paper I've prepared summarizing the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, and its benefits and drawbacks for consideration by the Board at the meeting on October 17.<u></u><u></u></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Look forward to discussing and refining it with you all today, on and after the election committee call.<br clear="all">
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