By Erik Lorenzsonn from Wisconsin’s Capital Times:

Pivot Libre is a browser-based, no-frills software for voting by ranking preferences. Users can sign onto the service to drag and drop candidates into lists, or to administrate elections themselves. According to its makers — a team including civic hackers Carl Schroedl, Tyler Harter and Nathan Eckberg in addition to Furman and Dailey — the software has all sorts of applications: It could be used by pollsters to gauge public opinion, or by groups of friends figuring out where to go for lunch…

…Perhaps its biggest use case has been with the City of Madison. Alders on the City Council’s Executive Committee relied on Pivot Libre last year to figure out who should fill in a vacant seat on City Council, after Ald. Denise DeMarb announced her resignation in June.

Read full article here or take a look at the Pivot Libre app at their website.