On Tue, 7 Mar 2017, Josh berkus wrote:
> On 03/07/2017 10:29 AM, Josh berkus wrote:
>> But STV is still a "single-winner" system. Any multi-winner
>> implementation of it we choose would *still* be experimental
>
> Aha, just found the multi-winner math for STV. Please ignore this part
> of my arguments. The other parts still apply.
Not sure how many people are aware of this but the Australian Senate
has been using multi-winner STV since 1948. The state of Tasmania has
been doing the same since 1907.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_and_use_of_the_single_transferable_vote#Australia
There has been plenty of discussion in Australia about the pros and cons
of this system going back more than a century.
Cheers,
Rob