Package com.tnsai.coordination.voting

Class RankedChoiceVoting

java.lang.Object

com.tnsai.coordination.voting.RankedChoiceVoting

public final class RankedChoiceVoting
extends Object

Tallies votes using instant-runoff (ranked-choice) voting. This is a pure logic class with no agent dependencies.

Algorithm:

1. Count first-choice votes
2. If any choice has majority, it wins
3. Eliminate choice with fewest first-choice votes
4. Redistribute eliminated choice's votes to next preference
5. Repeat until majority or one choice remains

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static VotingResult	tally(List<Vote> votes, VotingConfig config)	Tallies ranked-choice votes using instant-runoff.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

tally

public static VotingResult tally(List<Vote> votes,
 VotingConfig config)

Tallies ranked-choice votes using instant-runoff.

Parameters:

votes - The ranked-choice votes to tally

config - The voting configuration

Returns:

The voting result