Computerized Counting Programs
Do you want to use a computer program for your count? We have come
across several ways to count votes in ranked ballot elections using
choice voting. [NOTE: Listing here does not constitute an
endorsement or guarantee of the products mentioned.] With a
computerized count, once you have it properly configured all you have
to do is type in the candidates and ballots, and let the computer do
the count.
- OpenSTV lets you run elections with all well-established choice voting and instant runoff voting counting
rules in addition to other single- and multi-winner methods. It is available
free of charge for all current platforms. Latest version includes new counting rules: Scottish choice voting, CA Green Party choice voting and approval voting.
- Voting Solutions makes ChoicePlus Lite available free of charge.
To use ChoicePlus, you need a computer (preferably a portable
computer), and someone that is pretty comfortable technically -
ChoicePlus is powerful and very fast, but not that user-friendly.
- ChoiceRanker is a web-based instant runoff voting demonstration site. Questions on current political issues and candidates are regularly updated, and visitors to the site can vote on these issues, and then see and explanation of how their votes are counted using IRV.
- DemoChoice is an open-source, web-based choice voting and instant runoff voting
online polling mechanism. You can use this to set up web-based polling
or elections.
- Everyone Counts (E1C) has developed an online election and survey product that handles multiple versions of ranked ballot elections.
- The Electoral Reform Society of Great Britain produces trial software for use in non-commercial
elections. This product requires registration for the full version of
the software.
