Types of STV used in Canada, U.S. Malta, Ireland and Australia
- Tom Monto
- Jan 3
- 1 min read
Surplus Total Vote
DM Districting transfer Votes count
National
Ireland 3-6? MMDs
Malta 5 MMDs
Australia (Senate) 6? to 37 MMDs Gregory
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Provincial
Edmonton 5-6-5-6-7 city-wide Exact
Calgary 5-6-5-6 city-wide Exact
Winnipeg 1920-1949 10 city-wide Exact
Winnipeg 1949-1955 3 MMDs (3) Exact
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City level
CANADA
Calgary 1917- At-large Gregory
Calgary MMDs Gregory
Calgary At-large Gregory
Winnipeg 1920-1970 At-large Exact
Edmonton 1923-1927 At-large Exact
USA
Ohio
Ashtabula 1915-1929 7 At-large Random* 2972 1917 3 hours
Cincinnati At-large
Hamilton At-large
Toledo At-large
Cleveland MMDs
Outside Ohio
New York 1937-1947 not pre-set MMDs Exact? Uniform quota
Cambridge Mass. 1947-present 9 At-large Random each nth vote
All use/used Droop quota unless exception noted.
*Ashtabula - surplus transfers done at random but equally from each precinct. (The Ashtabula Plan of Municipal Government - The Commission-Manager Form with PR (1916), includes reprint of newspaper article "First PR election in America" by A.R. Hatton.
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Info from:
Barbara, PR and ER in Ohio, p. 77
Report on Alberta Elections 1905-1982
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see also:
Cambridge Mass 2021 city election
Ashtabula see Montopedia "Ashtabula Ohio..."
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