Surf these sites: 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. 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 -- DSV is a novel group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies, thus allowing voters to cast ballots that are both effective and expressive. Democracy Evolves -- This site explains the best voting methods for elections and meetings. Free software included. Democracy Science -- Various articles on democracy: electoral method and the scientific method EC, the U.S. Electoral College Web Zine -- Resources, references and stories about the much maligned US Electoral College. 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. Elections: Results and Voting systems -- Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms. 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. PR-Squared -- A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation. The 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. Votation.Com - the Global Election Company -- Ballot design for both paper and Internet elections, anywhere in the world for associations, organizations, unions, and government and political groups. Voting Systems FAQ -- Phil Hunt''s FAQ which describes many commonly discussed voting systems, as well as key voting concepts, and use of various systems around the world.
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