Do people understand our voting system?

The local and European elections are a fortnight away and there will be wall-to-wall coverage on the candidates. What won’t be covered is the electoral system, because the body politic assumes that voters know how to vote.

Ireland is rare in having PR-STV (proportional representation through the single transferable vote), but when was the last time you saw an information advert, or received a booklet, explaining it?

How many readers know the answers to the following questions?