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Elections: Results and Voting systems
Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms.
www.barnsdle.demon.co.uk
A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation.
www.jdawiseman.com
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 redistricting.
www.fairvote.org
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.
bcn.boulder.co.us
The Chronicle of Higher Education: When Votes Don't Add Up
Article describing relative merits of Approval, Instant Runoff, and Borda methods
chronicle.com
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.
www.vote.caltech.edu
SIAM News article about Borda, Condorcet, and Approval voting which uses the Jesse Ventura victory in Minnesota as primary example.
www.siam.org
Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"
Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster
whyfiles.org
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.
www.edge.org
Group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies in a given scenario (for instance, a first-past-the-post election)
lorrie.cranor.org
Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included.
accuratedemocracy.com
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.
condorcet.org
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.
www.ifes.org
A nonprofit political organization advocating the Approval Voting system of elections.
www.approvalvoting.com
Advocacy page for Approval Voting. Includes many theoretical examples which illustrate improvement over plurality voting.
www.tursiops.cc