From d0be9c75208bc1a501f145e123391560ffaa858b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Masiarek Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 22:17:50 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update Glossary.md Add a brief description of STAR Voting Method. --- docs/overview/Glossary.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/overview/Glossary.md b/docs/overview/Glossary.md index bfa89b86..ed58cf4e 100644 --- a/docs/overview/Glossary.md +++ b/docs/overview/Glossary.md @@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ Decrypting an encrypted [ciphertext tally](#ciphertext-tally) to a readable [pla graph LR a1(ciphertext tally) -->|decrypt| a2(plaintext tally) ``` +### STAR Voting Method +STAR (an acronym for Score Then Automatic Runoff) voting is an electoral system in which voters rate the candidates for a given office on a scale of zero to five, with zero indicating no support and five indicating maximum support. + +The scores for all candidates are then tabulated and the top two finishers advance to an automatic runoff, at which time a voter's full vote is assigned to whichever of the two finishers he or she scored highest. The candidate whom a greater number of voters gave a higher score in the runoff is declared the winner. + +STAR Voting is Presinct Summable and allows homomorphic encryption (simple addition). ### undervote