<% if @election.shortdesc %> -

Description:

+

Vote Description:

<%=h @election.shortdesc %> <% if @election.longdesc -%>
@@ -25,125 +30,30 @@ <%= @election.voters.reject {|v| not v.voted? }.length %> (see below for details)
-

Winners

- -
-

Schulze Method Results

-<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.ssd_result %> - -
-

About the Schulze Method

- -

The <%= link_to "Schulze method", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schulze_method" %> is a preferential -voting system. It is based on the Condorcet method but includes a set of -methods for resolving "circular" defeats.

- -

The Schulze method is also known as Schwartz Sequential Dropping -(SSD), Cloneproof Schwartz Sequential Dropping (CSSD), Beatpath Method, -Beatpath Winner, Path Voting, and Path Winner.

-
- -
- -
-

Plurality Results

-<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.plurality_result %> - -
-

About Plurality Voting

- -

<%= link_to "Plurality voting", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_electoral_system" %> selects the -winner who has received the most "number one" votes, regardless of -whether or not he or she has a majority of votes.

- -

Plurality voting is also variously referred to as, "first past the -post," "winner-take-all," "majoritarian" or "simple majority" -voting.

- -
-
- -
-

Approval Result

-

(This algorithm assumes that top two choices are "approved.")

-<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.approval_result %> - -
-

About Approval Voting

- -

<%= link_to "Approval voting", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting" %> is a voting system in -which each voter can vote for as many or as few candidates as the voter -chooses. Approval voting is a limited form of range voting, where the -range that voters are allowed to express is extremely constrained: -accept or not.

- +
+ Winner +
+
+<%= render :partial => 'result_' + @election.election_method, + :object => @results[@election.election_method] %>
-
-

Simple Condorcet Results

-<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.condorcet_result %> - -
-

About Simple Cordorcet Voting

- -

<%= link_to "Condorcet", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method" %> allows voters to rank -candidates in order of preference. If there is a choice whom voters -prefer to each other choice when compared to one at a time, that choice -will be the winner.

- -

There is a family of Condorcet methods. This method is referred to as -"Simple Condorcet" to distinguish it from the Schulze method which is -another Condorcet system.

- -
+
+ Other Voting Methods +
+<% for result_type in @election.other_methods %>
-

Borda Count Results

-<%= render :partial => 'result', :object => @election.borda_result %> - -
-

About Borda Count

- -

<%= link_to "Borda count", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borda_count" %> -is an election method in which voters rank -candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner -of an election by giving each candidate a certain number of points -corresponding to the position in which he or she is ranked by each -voter. Once all votes have been counted the candidate with the most -points is the winner.

-
-
- -
-

Instant Runoff (IRV) Results

- -
-

About Instant Runoff Voting

- -

<%= link_to "Instant runoff voting", -"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Runoff_Voting" %> is an electoral -system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. In an IRV -election, if no candidate receives an overall majority of first -preferences the candidates with fewest votes are eliminated one by one, -and their votes transferred according to their second and third -preferences (and so on), until one candidate achieves a majority.

- -

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is also known as the Alternative Vote (AV) and -by several other names.

- +<%= render :partial => 'result_' + result_type, + :object => @results[result_type] %>
+<% end %> -
-
+

Voters <%= link_to "[Stalk Voters]", :controller => "quickvote", :action => "mapvoters", :id => @election.id %>

@@ -158,7 +68,7 @@ by several other names.

+ @@ -176,10 +90,9 @@ by several other names.

<% end %>
<% begin %> <% raise ArgumentError.new, "Local Server" if voter.ipaddress == "127.0.0.1" %> <% raise ArgumentError.new, "XML-RPC Voter" if voter.ipaddress == "XMLRPC Request" %> - <% w= Whois::Whois.new(IPAddr.new(voter.ipaddress).to_s,true)%> + <% w= Whois::Whois.new(IPAddr.new(voter.ipaddress),true)%> <%=h((w.host == nil or w.host.empty?) ? voter.ipaddress : w.host)%> @@ -169,6 +79,10 @@ by several other names.

<%=h err %> 		<%=h err%> + <% rescue NoMethodError %> + DNS Unreachable + DNS Unreachable <% end %> <%= voter.vote.votestring %>
-<%= render :partial => 'victories_ties' %> -<%= render :partial => 'pref_table' %> - <%=image_tag( graph_url( :action => 'votes_per_interval', :id => @election ))%>
-<%= image_tag( graph_url( :action => 'borda_bar', :id => @election ) ) %>
-<%= image_tag( graph_url( :action => 'choices_positions', :id => @election ) ) %> + +<%= image_tag( graph_url( :action => 'choices_positions', :id => @election ) ) %>
+ +