Canadian Content hasn't compiled information about yet!
This page was last updated on August 30th, 2008
This page was last updated on August 30th, 2008
Voting Systems (from Campaigns and Elections)
Canadian Content » Society » Politics » Campaigns_and_Elections » Voting_Systems »
Accurate Democracy
Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included.
Election Selection: Science News Online
Article criticizing plurality, and discussing borda voting, instant runoff voting, and approval voting as alternatives.
Elections: Results and Voting systems
Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms.
Voting System Simulations
Millions of simulated elections, statistics gathered, utilitarian bests found. Advocates Acceptance/Approval, Borda, Condorcet, Rated, variations, while considering IRV harmful
International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evolving, and experienced democracies.
May the Best Man Lose
Discover magazine critical of winner-take-all and plurality systems, favoring proposals by Donald Saari and Steven Brams.
A New Monotonic and Clone-Independent Single-Winner Election Method
Markus Schulze writes about Condorcet methods. Includes detailed explanation of the Condorcet method ("cloneproof Schwartz sequential dropping", "beatpath method", "Schulze method") which is used e.g. by DEBIAN and SPI. Publ[PDF]
Elections - or, cheering for the State
Site which advocates Anarcho-Capitalism (anarchy combined with free market capitalism) with pointers to editorials.
Politicians and Polytopes mailing list
Preferential voting, and the mathematics of methods derived from or compliant with, principles of STV & FPTP.
Electorama
Home of the Election-methods mailing list. Discussion of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods.
PR-Squared
A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation.
The Chronicle of Higher Education: When Votes Don't Add Up
Article describing relative merits of Approval, Instant Runoff, and Borda methods
Condorcet.org
Information on voting methods, centering around the "Ranked Pairs" single-winner election method. This site has an explanation of the method, along with a comprehensive comparison of methods, and software for pairwise voting tabulation.
The Immigrant Voting Project
Promotes discussion of immigrant voting rights (also known as resident voting, alien suffrage, and non-citizen voting) as a sensible policy to strengthen democracy by encouraging citizenship, community building, and government accountability.
Making Sense out of Consensus
SIAM News article about Borda, Condorcet, and Approval voting which uses the Jesse Ventura victory in Minnesota as primary example.
Center for Voting and Democracy
Organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Advocates proportional representation systems for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive and judicial elections and public interest re
Wikipedia: Voting System Definition
Comprehensive description of various voting systems. Site uses an open Wiki, which allows anyone to make additions or corrections.
New York Times Opinion: Making Votes Count
Archive of editorials on issues in the mechanics of US democracy, including the reliability of electronic voting machines, obstacles to voter registration, the Electoral College, and other topics.
Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project
Project set up to evaluate the current state and reliability of U.S. voting systems, and to propose specific uniform requirements and guidelines for U.S. voting systems. Formed in December 2000 in response to the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election.
Ballotpaper.org
Argues against electronic voting and virtual elections, and in favor of paper ballots as a measure to prevent fraud and tyranny. Contains news links on a wide variety of issues.
How Democracy Works
Explanation two-party politics against left-right spectrum. Asserts that in perfect elections, candidates will appear equally imperfect, elections' voter turnout will often be low, and all elections will end in near ties.
Citizens for Approval Voting
A nonprofit political organization advocating the Approval Voting system of elections.
Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law
Describes the voting system for German Federal elections, with discussion, statistics, and links related to unusual characteristics such as with overhang seats and negative weighting of votes.
The De Borda Institute
A Northern Ireland-based not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote the use of Borda voting and related voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.
Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"
Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster
Election Methods Website
Site advocating Condorcet/pairwise voting methods. Includes detailed explanations of Condorcet methods.
Approval Voting
A voting procedure in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they wish. Each candidate approved of receives one vote, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
Administration and Cost of Elections (ACE) Electronic Publication
Contains comprehensive information on all aspects of organising elections. Includes detailed information on voting systems, particularly pointing out the current distribution of voting systems in national elections throughout the world
Making Multicandidate Elections More Democratic
Out of print book by Samuel Merrill which explains voting systems.
Condorcet's Method
A pairwise election system where ranked ballots are used to simulate many head-to-head elections, where the winner is the candidate who wins all pairings.
Declared-Strategy Voting
Group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies in a given scenario (for instance, a first-past-the-post election)
Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included.
Article criticizing plurality, and discussing borda voting, instant runoff voting, and approval voting as alternatives.
Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms.
Millions of simulated elections, statistics gathered, utilitarian bests found. Advocates Acceptance/Approval, Borda, Condorcet, Rated, variations, while considering IRV harmful
A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evolving, and experienced democracies.
Discover magazine critical of winner-take-all and plurality systems, favoring proposals by Donald Saari and Steven Brams.
Markus Schulze writes about Condorcet methods. Includes detailed explanation of the Condorcet method ("cloneproof Schwartz sequential dropping", "beatpath method", "Schulze method") which is used e.g. by DEBIAN and SPI. Publ[PDF]
Site which advocates Anarcho-Capitalism (anarchy combined with free market capitalism) with pointers to editorials.
Preferential voting, and the mathematics of methods derived from or compliant with, principles of STV & FPTP.
Home of the Election-methods mailing list. Discussion of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods.
A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation.
Article describing relative merits of Approval, Instant Runoff, and Borda methods
Information on voting methods, centering around the "Ranked Pairs" single-winner election method. This site has an explanation of the method, along with a comprehensive comparison of methods, and software for pairwise voting tabulation.
Promotes discussion of immigrant voting rights (also known as resident voting, alien suffrage, and non-citizen voting) as a sensible policy to strengthen democracy by encouraging citizenship, community building, and government accountability.
SIAM News article about Borda, Condorcet, and Approval voting which uses the Jesse Ventura victory in Minnesota as primary example.
Organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Advocates proportional representation systems for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive and judicial elections and public interest re
Comprehensive description of various voting systems. Site uses an open Wiki, which allows anyone to make additions or corrections.
Archive of editorials on issues in the mechanics of US democracy, including the reliability of electronic voting machines, obstacles to voter registration, the Electoral College, and other topics.
Project set up to evaluate the current state and reliability of U.S. voting systems, and to propose specific uniform requirements and guidelines for U.S. voting systems. Formed in December 2000 in response to the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election.
Argues against electronic voting and virtual elections, and in favor of paper ballots as a measure to prevent fraud and tyranny. Contains news links on a wide variety of issues.
Explanation two-party politics against left-right spectrum. Asserts that in perfect elections, candidates will appear equally imperfect, elections' voter turnout will often be low, and all elections will end in near ties.
A nonprofit political organization advocating the Approval Voting system of elections.
Describes the voting system for German Federal elections, with discussion, statistics, and links related to unusual characteristics such as with overhang seats and negative weighting of votes.
A Northern Ireland-based not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote the use of Borda voting and related voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.
Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster
Site advocating Condorcet/pairwise voting methods. Includes detailed explanations of Condorcet methods.
A voting procedure in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they wish. Each candidate approved of receives one vote, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
Contains comprehensive information on all aspects of organising elections. Includes detailed information on voting systems, particularly pointing out the current distribution of voting systems in national elections throughout the world
Out of print book by Samuel Merrill which explains voting systems.
A pairwise election system where ranked ballots are used to simulate many head-to-head elections, where the winner is the candidate who wins all pairings.
Group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies in a given scenario (for instance, a first-past-the-post election)
Campaigns and Elections >> Voting Systems yielded other results on Canadian Content:
In the ever likely event that the Conservatives will win...
January 12th, 2006, 09:39 PM If they win by a minority of seats, and presuming that the Libs/NDP wi
January 12th, 2006, 09:39 PM If they win by a minority of seats, and presuming that the Libs/NDP wi
Electoral Reform
January 9th, 2006, 08:00 PM Well I just recieved a news letter from fair vote Canada which updated
January 9th, 2006, 08:00 PM Well I just recieved a news letter from fair vote Canada which updated
More electoral chaos coming in US?
October 15th, 2004, 06:02 AM E- voting vulnerable to attacks, fraud: expert CTV.ca News Staff While
October 15th, 2004, 06:02 AM E- voting vulnerable to attacks, fraud: expert CTV.ca News Staff While
Strange Victory: Bush vs. Kerry in presidential debate
Strange Victory: Bush vs. Kerry in presidential debate International Politics
Strange Victory: Bush vs. Kerry in presidential debate International Politics
Quebec Sucks
November 10th, 2004, 06:26 PM Quebec has been an integral part of Canada. I agree. But before that
November 10th, 2004, 06:26 PM Quebec has been an integral part of Canada. I agree. But before that
|
 |
-
