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==About==
 
==About==
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==Reference==
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==List of Systems==
* Particular Systems
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* {{wp/alt|approval voting}}
** [[range voting]]
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* {{wp/alt|instant runoff voting}} (IRV) aka "ranked choice"
** [[wikipedia:Single Transferable Vote|Single Transferable Vote]]
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* {{wp/alt|plurality voting}} aka "first past the post" (FPP), "winner-take-all"
* Collections & Discussion
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* {{wp/alt|range voting}}
** [http://www.electionmethods.org/ ElectionMethods.org]
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* {{wp/alt|STAR voting}}: "Score Then Automatic Runoff"
** [http://wiki.electorama.com/ ElectoRama!] wiki
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* {{wp/alt|single transferable vote}}
** [http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ Voting Simulation Visualizations] by Ka-Ping Yee (posted 2005-04-21, updated 2006-07-31)
 
 
==Related Pages==
 
==Related Pages==
 
* [[virtual voting districts]]
 
* [[virtual voting districts]]
* [[InstaGov]]: a voting-related project on Issuepedia
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* [[InstaGov]]: a voting-related project on Issuepedia (old page, needs updating)
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
 
===Reference===
 
===Reference===
 
* {{wikipedia|voting system}}
 
* {{wikipedia|voting system}}
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** {{l/wp|Arrow's impossibility theorem}} relates to the theory of voting systems
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===Collections & Discussion===
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* [http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20050324011534/http://electionmethods.org/ ElectionMethods.org] (dead site; archived)
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* [http://wiki.electorama.com/ ElectoRama!] wiki
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* [http://zesty.ca/voting/sim/ Voting Simulation Visualizations] by Ka-Ping Yee (posted 2005-04-21, updated 2006-07-31)
 
===Articles===
 
===Articles===
* [http://www.discover.com/issues/nov-96/features/mathagainsttyran914/ Math Against Tyranny]: by Will Hively: " When you cast your vote this month, you're not directly electing the president &ndash; you're electing members of the [[wikipedia:United States Electoral College|electoral college]]. They elect the president. An archaic, unnecessary system? Mathematics shows, says one concerned American, that by giving your vote to another, you're ensuring the future of our democracy." Note, however, that in the {{USA}} this only applies to the [[President of the United States|Presidency]].
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* '''2016-12''': [https://ncase.me/ballot/ To Build a Better Ballot] "an interactive guide to alternative voting systems"
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* '''1996''': [http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/diss/book.html Declared-Strategy Voting: An Instrument for Group Decision-Making] by Lorrie Faith Cranor
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** [http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/diss/node3.html Voting Systems Overview]
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*** [http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/diss/node4.html Vote Aggregation Methods] does not seem to mention [[range voting]], although the author essentially ''uses'' range voting to assess voter preferences in the [http://lorrie.cranor.org/pubs/diss/node19.html 1992 case study]: "The respondents were asked to rate each of the main candidates in the US Presidential race on a "feeling thermometer" scale that ranged from 0 to 100 -- the higher the number, the more favorable the respondent's feeling toward that candidate." The case for DSV seems based on the idea that voters will always adjust their vote based on how they think other people will vote -- but with range voting, such adjustment is either unnecessary or greatly reduced. So how is DSV superior to range voting?
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===Video===
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* '''2020-11-01''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhO6jfHPFQU Simulating alternate voting systems]: simulates FPP, IRV, approval
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** mentions [[range voting]] as a more general form of approval voting, but does not simulate
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* '''2011-04-17''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3jE3B8HsE The Alternative Vote Explained] (CGP Grey): IRV
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* '''2011-03-19''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo The Problems with First Past the Post Voting Explained]
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** only partly-related discussion [https://plus.google.com/u/0/102282887764745350285/posts/21wL6MNoGCB here]
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List of Systems

Related Pages

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Reference

Collections & Discussion

Articles

  • 2016-12: To Build a Better Ballot "an interactive guide to alternative voting systems"
  • 1996: Declared-Strategy Voting: An Instrument for Group Decision-Making by Lorrie Faith Cranor
    • Voting Systems Overview
      • Vote Aggregation Methods does not seem to mention range voting, although the author essentially uses range voting to assess voter preferences in the 1992 case study: "The respondents were asked to rate each of the main candidates in the US Presidential race on a "feeling thermometer" scale that ranged from 0 to 100 -- the higher the number, the more favorable the respondent's feeling toward that candidate." The case for DSV seems based on the idea that voters will always adjust their vote based on how they think other people will vote -- but with range voting, such adjustment is either unnecessary or greatly reduced. So how is DSV superior to range voting?

Video