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Announcing OpenSTV version 1.6

Submitted by jeff.oneill on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 11:59pm

A new version of OpenSTV, version 1.6, is now available for download by using the download link at the top of the page.

New features in this version include:

  1. Ties can be broken manually in addition to randomly,
  2. Plugin support for different election report types,
  3. Allows ballots with duplicate and skipped rankings and ballot IDs, and
  4. Improvements to speed and usability.

Who uses OpaVote and OpenSTV?

FairVote is using OpaVote for its Oscars Best Picture Poll.

Stack Exchange is using OpenSTV to elect its community moderators for all of 2012 using Meek STV.

Aberystwyth University Guild of Students used OpenSTV for several elections in November 2011.

London Metropolitan University used OpenSTV in October 2011 for its Election to the Academic Board – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.

The Document Foundation used OpenSTV to elect its board with Meek STV in October 2011.

London Hackspace used OpaVote and OpenSTV to elect its trustees using Meek STV in August 2011.

The National Youth Rights Association used OpenSTV to elect its board using ERS97 STV in August 2011.

The Cambridge Union Society used OpenSTV to elect several officers in June 2011.

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