Single Transferable Vote

The Single Transferable Vote, or STV, is a preferential voting system designed to minimise wasted votes and provide proportional representation in multi-candidate elections while ensuring that votes are explicitly for candidates rather than party lists. STV systems achieve this by initially allocating an individual's vote to their most preferred candidate and then subsequently transferring unneeded or unused votes after candidates are either elected or eliminated according to the voter's stated preferences.

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• {{note|Hill}}Hill, I.D. (1987). "Algorithm 123 ? Single Transferable Vote by Meek?s method".
• {{note|Lambert}}Lambert & Lakeman (1955). "Voting in democracies". London : Faber, pg. 245.
• {{note|Bagehot}}Bagehot, Walter. "English Constitution".
• {{note|Meek}}Meek, Brian (1969). "A New Approach to the Single Transferable Vote". Voting Matters Issue 1. Translated to English in 1994.
• {{note|BC-STV_Video}}Video postmortem on BC-STV referendum (British Columbia's version of STV).
• {{note|Bartholdi}}Bartholdi, John J. III and Orlin, James B (2003). "Single Transferable Vote Resists Strategic Voting".
• {{note|Whyte}} Whyte, Nicholas. "A note on Gerrymandering". Accessed Aug 12, 2005.
• {{note|IrlLocAuthRep}} Membership of local authorities in Ireland Accessed 7 Oct, 2005
• {{note|IrlMEPRep}} Replaecment Candidates for the European Parliament Accessed 7 Oct, 2005
• {{note|Assembly}}Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. "News release: Assembly's recommendation to B.C." British Columbia, 24th October, 2004.
• {{note|Bains}}Bains, Camille. "STV supporters press for electoral reform despite referendum defeat". Canadian Press, May 18, 2005
• {{note|MaltaData}}Maltadata.com. "Elections in Malta: The Single-Transferable-Vote System in Action, 1921 - 2004". Accessed Aug 11, 2005.
• {{note|NewZealand}}New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (2004). "STV - It's simple to vote". Accessed Aug 11, 2005.
• {{note|ElectoralReform}}Electoral Reform Society. "A Brief History of Electoral Reform". Accessed Aug 11, 2005.
• {{note|NIrlHist}} CAIN "Introduction to the Electoral System in Northern Ireland" Accessed Sep 15, 2005.
• {{note|Scotland}} Scottish Parliament (2004). "Local Governance (Scotland) Bill."
• {{note|Prosterman}}Prosterman, Dan. STV in New York. Accessed Aug 11, 2005.