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==== Motivation To promote more diversity on the WMF Board, we want to use a voting method that allows for better representation of voices of minority groups. The Board Election Committee has decided to use [Single Transferable Vote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote) for the upcoming Board election cycle. The quota of choice is going to be [Droop quota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota). ==== Formula Step 1: Calculate the number of valid votes. This step will be done once the scrutineers have scratched out invalid votes. Step 2. Calculate the [Droop quota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota#Formula) for the election. Given by: //floor( valid votes / (number of seats being elected + 1 ) ) + 1// where //floor// refers to the integer portion of the number in the brackets. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions for more information. Step 3. For each "rank" (1, 2, 3, 4 ....): * Elect candidates who score more than the Droop quota (hence referred to as Dq). * Surplus votes above the Dq are transferred on to the next candidate preferred by those voters. * If no candidates reach Dq, the candidate with the lowest votes is eliminated and their votes are transferred to the next candidate preferred by those voters. [Example 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota#An_example_of_use_in_STV) [Example 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote#Example) **[Example 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLz9c4sU_vM)** -- Good explainer video. ==== User stories & Requirements * //As an election admin I should be able to create a poll that will use the Single Transferable vote methodology// ** Election admin should be able to select "Single transferable vote with Droop quota" as a choice of voting method while creating a new election ** Election admin should be able to enter the number of seats to be elected while creating this type of election ** Election admin should be able to input candidate names for an STV election * //As a voter, I should be able to rank candidates as per my choice in the voting UI for a Single Transferable vote// ** Voters should be shown candidates in randomized order ** Voters should be able to rank the candidates in order of preference ** Voters should be able to see their final ranking before submitting the vote ** Voters should be able to submit their ranked votes and receive a confirmation when they do so. * //As an election admin, I should be able to produce a tallied list of results for an STV election// ** The election result should output the tally of the votes with candidates elected in ranked order.

==== Motivation To promote more diversity on the WMF Board, we want to use a voting method that allows for better representation of voices of minority groups. The Board Election Committee has decided to use [Single Transferable Vote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote) for the upcoming Board election cycle. The quota of choice is going to be [Droop quota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota). ==== Formula Step 1: Calculate the number of valid votes. This step will be done once the scrutineers have scratched out invalid votes. Step 2. Calculate the [Droop quota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota#Formula) for the election. Given by: //floor( valid votes / (number of seats being elected + 1 ) ) + 1// where //floor// refers to the integer portion of the number in the brackets. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor_and_ceiling_functions for more information. Step 3. For each "rank" (1, 2, 3, 4 ....): * Elect candidates who score more than the Droop quota (hence referred to as Dq). * Surplus votes above the Dq are transferred on to the next candidate preferred by those voters. * If no candidates reach Dq, the candidate with the lowest votes is eliminated and their votes are transferred to the next candidate preferred by those voters. [Example 1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droop_quota#An_example_of_use_in_STV) [Example 2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote#Example) **[Example 3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLz9c4sU_vM)** -- Good explainer video. ==== User stories & Requirements * //As an election admin I should be able to create a poll that will use the Single Transferable vote methodology// ** Election admin should be able to select "Single transferable vote with Droop quota" as a choice of voting method while creating a new election ** Election admin should be able to enter the number of seats to be elected while creating this type of election ** Election admin should be able to input candidate names for an STV election * //As a voter, I should be able to rank candidates as per my choice in the voting UI for a Single Transferable vote// * //As a scrutineer, I* Voters should be shown candidates in randomized order ** Voters should be able to rank the candidates in order of preference ** Voters should be able to see the voters' ranked choices when looking at voting data for a STV election//ir final ranking before submitting the vote ** Voters should be able to submit their ranked votes and receive a confirmation when they do so. * //As an election admin, I should be able to produce a tallied list of results for an STV election// ** The election result should output the tally of the votes with candidates elected in ranked order.