ConcreteSTV to raire-rs file format converter

This project converts ConcreteSTV .stv files to the input format to raire-rs.

Compiling

ConcreteSTVToRaire is written in Rust. Install Rust (latest stable version recommended). Then:

• Clone this repository, and also the ConcreteSTV and raire-rs repositories. All three repositories should be at the same position in the directory hierarchy.
• Compile this project with cargo build --release

An example under Linux, assuming you have Rust already installed would be

git clone https://github.com/AndrewConway/ConcreteSTV.git
git clone https://github.com/AndrewConway/ConcreteSTVToRaire.git
git clone https://github.com/DemocracyDevelopers/raire-rs.git
cd ConcreteSTVToRaire
cargo build --release

Running

# Get a sample stv data file data.stv that is actually an IRV election
wget https://vote.andrewconway.org/NSW%20Local%20Government/2021/City%20of%20Griffith%20Mayoral/data.stv
# Convert data.stv (ConcreteSTV format) to data.json (raire-rs format) 
./target/release/concrete_stv_to_raire data.stv

Copyright

This program is Copyright 2023 Andrew Conway.

This file is part of ConcreteSTVToRaire.

ConcreteSTVToRaire is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ConcreteSTVToRaire is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with ConcreteSTV. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.