Designs for democracy
Some papers on implementing STV, and on electoral reform in general:
Community-centred democracy: fine-tuning the STV Council
election system
Opportunity for coordinated
electoral reform
Comments on MVM's Good System Proposals
Response to Senedd Reform
consultation, 2020
Response to Scottish
Island Councils Review consultation, 2020
Denis Mollison
updated 21st March 2022
STV
STV is an electoral system designed from the voter's point of view.It provides proportionality while maximising voter choice and effectiveness.
Data from STV elections
Some data sets for which full preferential voting data are available:
Scottish Council Elections 2012