Demonstration Vote

I've probably linked to this before, but it's lot more interesting now that there have been more votes cast. It's a demonstration ballot which allows you to 'vote' as if you were in a five member STV riding. After you vote you can follow how STV decides which 5 people are elected round by round.

As it stands right now, nobody gets enough votes (1/6 of the total in a 5 member riding) to get elected right off the beginning and the first few rounds are just the lowest ranked candidates getting eliminated and having their votes transferred (the site shows you how many votes get transferred to each other candidate). After a while people start to get enough votes to get elected (Campbell was the first to meet the quota when I tried it) so you can see how those candidates' surplus votes are transferred as well.

It's hard for me to say because I'm so involved in the whole mechanics of STV, but it seems pretty clear how it works to me. Anyway, give it a shot.