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When I was setting up Conservancy's ability to run elections for its member
projects, I surveyed various different systems. I was mostly looking for
something that implemented STV algorithms.
something that implemented STV algorithm and ballot collection for the same.
As it turns out, there are precious few Free Software voting systems.
[Selectricity](http://selectricity.org/) is a good option, but upon
discussions with the primary author, Benjamin "Mako" Hill, he confirmed that
it does not currently implement any of the algorithms designed for multiple
winner elections. So, if you want a preferential voting system with just one
winner, Selectricity is probably the best choice.
Now, if you're looking specifically for
[range voting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting), then
[Fedora's election system](https://github.com/fedora-infra/elections)
probably what you want.
* [Selectricity](http://selectricity.org/) is a good option, but upon
discussions with the primary author, Benjamin "Mako" Hill, he confirmed
that it does not currently implement any of the algorithms designed for
multiple winner elections. So, if you want a preferential voting system
with just one winner, Selectricity is probably the best choice.
Meanwhile, for various STV algorithms,
[PpenSTV](http://packages.debian.org/unstable/main/openstv) is your best
choice. OpenSTV is a command-line based system that implements all sorts of
voting algorithms, but it has no vote-collection system. (It's also worth
noting that openstv has since been taken proprietary, but older versions that
were released as Free Software are still available.)
* [Fedora's election system](https://github.com/fedora-infra/elections)'s
supports only [range voting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting).
GNOME Foundation, noticing this, implemented their own little hacked-together
system to collect votes for their annual Directorship elections, and they
have the code available in their
[GNOME Foundation website repository](https://git.gnome.org/browse/foundation-web/).
This project is a fork of that repository, with *just* the voting stuff
* Meanwhile, for various STV algorithms,
[OpenSTV](https://github.com/Conservatory/openstv) is the best
choice for counting votes using various STV methods. OpenSTV is a
command-line based system that implements all sorts of voting algorithms,
but it has no vote-collection system. (It's also worth noting that
openstv has since been taken proprietary, but older versions that were
released as Free Software are still available.)
* [E-Vote](https://github.com/mdipierro/evote) is a system focusing on the
collection of ballots, and seems promising in its design, but it is
relatively poorly documented and it was unclear upon initial evaluation
if STV-style ballots were available.
* GNOME Foundation hacked together a system in the
[GNOME Foundation website repository](https://git.gnome.org/browse/foundation-web/)
implemented their own little hacked-together system to collect votes for
their annual Directorship elections.
This project is a fork of GNOME's work, with *just* the voting stuff
included. Most of the GNOME-isms have been removed, although a few remain.
I've also offered patches back to the GNOME Foundation repository by