University of Memphis, TN 2003-07-25 AG.11 A voting system is said to be non-monotonic if (informally) getting more votes can cause a candidate to lose an election. We consider this property in relation to the STV (single transferable vote) voting scheme and look at the frequency of non-monotonic outcomes under certain models of voting.
The STV scheme is regarded by many proportional representation advocates as the scheme of choice and is used in national elections in Australia and Ireland; in local elections in Cambridge, MA; and in selecting the nominations for Academy Awards.
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