And after going through the table of transfers I can declare a winner: ranked-choice voting (RCV), with single-transferable vote (STV) in multi-member districts. It’s a mouthful, but a closer look at ...

Critics argue this is a less democratic form of proportional representation than the “single transferable vote” (STV), which we now use for all council elections in Scotland.

Cornell University's Data and Democracy lab evaluated data from the November 2024 election, weighing it against some of ...

I understand that Dr Waugh's political party, the Liberal Democrats, support the Single Transferable Vote as a core principle, but that does not justify claiming it is more proportional than what ...

Elections to the Assembly use the single transferable vote (STV) system, a form of proportional representation involving choosing candidates in order of preference.

STV [single transferable vote] is a system designed for political scientists and mathematicians, not voters....The local government elections were a disaster and an international embarrassment ...

Local government elections are conducted via the single transferable vote (STV) method - a form of proportional representation used in Scottish council elections since 2007 - which ultimately ...

With eight votes against this proposal, USAC kept the current single transferable vote system. It decided against the proposed plurality system, a more direct election method.

David S W Williamson is wrong to suggest the single transferrable vote system (STV) does not elect the most popular candidate in single-winner elections (Letters, May 7). In such elections STV ...

Welcome to the one of the inner mysteries of the single transferable vote. There can be too much of a good thing.