Hi,
I have set up a test STV vote with 3 vacancies and 4 candidates.
I did a test vote where the user ranked the top 3 choices.
When I close the STV vote to see the results @ election-post/5/results, I don't see the winners, just number the number of ballots, votes and abstentions. I have tried with the default themes and still can't see the results. I was expecting to see the results/ranking.
Thanks
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radiocontrolled commentedComment #2
pjcdawkins commentedThere's no built-in STV vote counting yet. See the description on the project page:
Comment #3
pjcdawkins commentedI was in a bit of a hurry when I wrote that, so I'll expand here.
STV vote counting is not easy. Different organizations require specific methods of counting (e.g. Meek STV, ERS STV, Warren STV), the instructions for which can be pretty complicated to work out, and it's a big responsibility. Fortunately, the problem has been solved at least twice before, in the two Python programs I mentioned - Droop and OpenSTV.
I have tried to implement STV counting myself in PHP (see https://github.com/pjcdawkins/DrooPHP/) and I know I could make progress on that, but I can't afford to commit any time to it at the moment. Sponsorship would be welcome :)
So, meanwhile, the built-in module Election Export will let you download votes in the standard ballot file (.blt) format, which you can count at your leisure with whatever tool you choose. Or you can use my other modules Election Droop and Election OpenSTV, which simply integrate with the Droop or OpenSTV Python libraries, letting you download vote counting reports for individual positions or for the entire election at once.
I hope that helps.
Comment #4
radiocontrolled commentedpjcdawkins thanks, it does help - I have posted a related question here in the issue queue for Election OpenSTV.
cheers