Click below for some useful links about STV:

Wikipedia explanation:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Transferable_Vote

Click “1.3 An example” to see the simplified illustration of how the vote occurs.

Click 4 “in practice” for links to jurisdictions that use it (Ireland and Malta, plus the Australian senate and (maybe?) one state, and some local council elections in New Zealand).

The Citizens Assembly’s Flash-animated explanation of how STV works:

http://citizensassembly.bc.ca/resources/flash/bc-stv-full.swf

An article on the US site fairvote.org about the ramifications of STV:

http://www.fairvote.org/pr/global/country/#canada

Links on fairvote.org to voting systems in various countries:

http://www.fairvote.org/pr/global/country/