Instant Runoff Voting and the Single Transferable Vote Elections Online

OpenSTV

Desktop software for counting votes with ranked-choice voting.

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OpaVote

A web app to run ranked-choice voting elections online.

  • Run a secure election with up to one million voters where OpaVote emails each voter a voting link.
  • Run a poll where anyone can vote and optionally embed a poll widget on your own website.
  • Send reminder emails to voters who haven't voted to increase participation.
  • View results and download ballots at the end of the election.

Run an Online Election with OpaVote

To implement your own ranked-choice voting elections with OpaVote and OpenSTV:

  1. Run an entire election online using OpaVote or
  2. Collect the votes on your own (e.g., via paper ballots) and count the votes with OpenSTV.

Please send questions about OpaVote and OpenSTV to our Facebook page, our Google+ page, or our email group at openstv at googlegroups.com.

Voting Matters Issue 30 with review of OpaVote and OpenSTV

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Sun, 05/05/2013 - 9:37pm

Voting Matters is an online journal whose purpose is to advance the understanding of preferential voting systems. It is published irregularly when there is sufficient content for a new issue. The articles are always interesting and I'm always looking forward to the next issue.

The most recent issue has a review of OpaVote and OpenSTV! Here is a list of all the articles:

  • The first paper, by I.D. Hill, makes the case for using Meek's computer-oriented version of STV for Scotland's STV elections.
  • In the second paper, Lee Naish discusses a system of partial disclosure of STV results that can be used to preclude the enforcement of certain coercive voting practices.

Lincoln wins OpaVote Oscars Best Picture Poll

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 9:48pm

The OpaVote and FairVote poll for Oscars Best Picture is now closed. Lincoln took a strong lead in the first round and easily held it through the end to obtain a majority of votes and beat Argo 23 to 17. Soon we will see if OpaVote predicts the official results!

OpaVote and FairVote Poll for Oscars Best Picture

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Thu, 02/14/2013 - 7:58am

OpaVote, in conjunction with FairVote, is presenting it 2013 poll for Oscars Best Picture! This year's poll is being conducted on Facebook. Please share the poll with your friends to spread the news on ranked-choice voting.

The candidates are:

  • Amour
  • Argo
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • Django Unchained
  • Les Misérables
  • Life of Pi
  • Lincoln
  • Silver Linings Playbook
  • Zero Dark Thirty

Reduced pricing for OpenSTV

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 4:48pm

The price for OpenSTV has been reduced by 60%!

The price for a medium non-profit is now $40.

The price for a large non-profit or business is now $400.

The price for a small non-profit remains $5.

Please go to the download page to purchase.

Newsletters from Electoral Reform Australia and Fair Vote Canada

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 4:35pm

The November issue of the Largest Remainder Newsletter by Electoral reform Australia is available here, and contains the following articles:

  • Editorial
  • Is the American Presidential Election Democratic?
  • STV Simulation for 2010 House of Representatives Election

The November issue of Fair Vote Canada's newsletter is available here, and contains the following articles:

  • Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, 1922 - 2012
  • Change the system!
  • Name the Campaign
  • Activate your party for electoral reform
  • Help Wanted – translators
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Who uses OpaVote and OpenSTV?

Colgate University used OpaVote for a faculty election in March 2013.

The Harvard Law School Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review used OpaVote to elect its editors in February 2013.

Jesus College MCR at Oxford University used OpaVote to elect its president and other officers in February 2013.

The Imperial College Finance Society used OpaVote to elect its president and other officers in March 2013.

The European Democratic Education Community used OpaVote to elect a member of its council in March 2013.

The University of Hertfordshire Students Union used OpenSTV to elect its president in March 2013.

The London School of Economics Student Union used OpenSTV to elect several officers in March 2013.

The Leeds Metropolitan Student Union used OpenSTV to elect several officers in February 2012.

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