Talk:History and use of the Single Transferable Vote

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The statement contained in the second sentence of: In Hare's original STV system, he further proposed that electors should have the opportunity of discovering which candidate their vote had ultimately counted for, to improve their personal connection with voting.[1] This is unnecessary in modern STV elections, however, as an individual voter can discover how their vote was ultimately distributed by viewing detailed election results.
is comment at best; patently false at worst (in an 8 member area, a voter can probably work out that his/her vote has gone to one of 3 candidates), but won't be able to work out which one).

What do you mean "which one?" I thought we were talking about a fractional vote transfer here. Scott Ritchie 00:28, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other users in the UK

There's a difference between Student Unions, politically radical and anti-establishment organisations that they are, and the University of Cambridge, which, approaching its 800th anniversary, is a paragon of the establishment and thought leadership in the UK. This is why I think it deserves a separate mention. You can see that individual student unions are relatively insignificant. Stephen B Streater 13:27, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

It's also worth mentioning that the article covers usage of STV. Unless there is an objection, I'll add University of Cambridge back in. Stephen B Streater 14:37, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Stephen B Streater 10:19, 20 March 2006 (UTC)