Voting Systems Toolbox - Download and Run

Requirements

To run the Voting Systems Toolbox, you'll need Java 1.1 or later. If you have Java already, skip this section.

You can download Java for Windows at http://java.sun.com/j2se/ - if you just want to run the software, you only need the JRE (Java Runtime environment), although the JDK (Java Development kit) will also work.

If you don't have Java installed on your machine, and just want a minimal version of Java for Windows, go to http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/jre/download-jre-windows.html

Downloading

The software comes in two versions, a version that runs as an electronic polling booth for a small number of voters, or a file-based version suitable for larger numbers of votes.

Download QuickSTV (the electronic polling booth)

Download VoteSystem (a somewhat more complex but more powerful file based version)

It can also be downloaded directly from sourceforge http://sourceforge.net/projects/votesystem, scroll down to Latest file releases, and Click the Download link.

Running the file-based version

java -cp Vote-0-4.jar VoteMain -system stv-meek -seats 3 examples/colours-cand.csv

or

java -cp Vote-0-4.jar VoteMain -system stv-meek -seats 3 examples/colours-rank.csv

You should get the following output (or similar):

Number of candidates: 6
Number of voters: 5
Blue                                     not elected
Green                                    elected
Orange                                   elected
Red                                      not elected
Violet                                   not elected
Yellow                                   elected
Done!

Email Roy Ward or consult your local computer guru with any problems.

For the technically minded only

The up to the minute version of the project is available from Sourceforge's CVS repository. Instructions for accessing it can be found here. The module name is votesystem.