Voting Systems

The Immigrant Voting Project 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 streng… May the Best Man Lose May the Best Man Lose- Discover magazine critical of winner-take-all and plurality systems, favoring proposals by Donald Saari and Steven Brams. Politicians and Polytopes mailing list Politicians and Polytopes mailing list- Preferential voting, and the mathematics of methods derived from or compliant with, principles of STV and FPTP. Wikipedia: Voting System Wikipedia: Voting System- Offer a comprehensive description of various voting systems including methods, criteria and history. Condorcet's Method 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. Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law- Describes the voting system for German Federal elections, with discussion, statistics, and links related to unusual characteristics… The De Borda Institute 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 questio… Approval Voting Approval Voting- Advocacy page for Approval Voting. Includes many theoretical examples which illustrate improvement over plurality voting. Accurate Democracy Accurate Democracy- Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included. Declared-Strategy Voting 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 electio… How Democracy Works How Democracy Works- Explanation two-party politics against left-right spectrum. Asserts that in perfect elections, candidates will appear equally imperfect, elections' voter turn… Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting" Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"- Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project 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 guidel… Approval Voting 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 w… PR-Squared PR-Squared- A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation. Elections: Results and Voting systems Elections: Results and Voting systems- Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms. Voting System Simulations Voting System Simulations- Millions of simulated elections, statistics gathered, utilitarian bests found. Advocates Acceptance/Approval, Borda, Condorcet, Rated, variations, while… Electorama Electorama- Home of the Election-methods mailing list. Discussion of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the t… FairVote.org: The Center for Voting and Democracy FairVote.org: The Center for Voting and Democracy- Organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Advocates proportional repr… Electoral Reform Society Electoral Reform Society- Campaigns for proportional representation and the Single Transferable Vote system in parliaments, assemblies and councils. Based in the UK, but informati… International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES) International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)- A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evo…