Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster
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.
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.
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.
A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evolving, and experienced democracies.
Article criticizing plurality, and discussing borda voting, instant runoff voting, and approval voting as alternatives.
Advocacy page for Approval Voting. Includes many theoretical examples which illustrate improvement over plurality voting.
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 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.
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