Community Council/Counting methods

Counting method for council elections

The following referendum is to decide which method will be used to decide winners of Maemo Community Council elections. Three options are proposed: first past the post, single transferable vote and reweighted range voting.

The changes mentioned below will be made in the Council election process.

Proposed options

a) No change ("first-five-candidates-past-the-post")

Item #4 remains "Each community member gets one vote.".

Item #5 remains "The 5 nominees with the most votes are elected."

b) A single transferrable vote system (rank your preferred candidates) [council preferred option]

Item #4 becomes "Each community member eligible to vote gets a single ballot."

Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees voted for most, as counted by a single transferrable vote system are elected."

This option is preferred by the Maemo Community Council as being easiest to understand and gives a satisfactory outcome.

c) A reweighted range voting system (give *each* candidate a score 0-100)

Item #4 becomes "Each community member eligible to vote gets a single ballot."

Item #5 becomes "The 5 nominees ranked highest by a reweighted range voting system are elected."

d) None of the above.

No change is made to the election process, and so please be aware this is a vote for option (a). However, it does allow you to indicate that you think none of these options is satisfactory.