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Encyclopedia: Voting system

A voting system is a means of choosing between a number of options, based on the input of a number of voters. Voting is perhaps best known for its use in elections, where political candidates are selected for public office. Voting can also be used to award prizes, to select between different plans of action, or by a computer program to determine a solution to a complex problem. Voting can be contrasted with consensus decision making.

A voting system consists of the rules for how voters express their desires, and how these desires are aggregated to yield a final result. The study of formally defined voting systems is called voting theory, a subfield of political science, economics or mathematics. Voting theory began in the 18th century and has led to several proposals for voting systems.

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How to say "Voting system" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	投票制度
	(Japanese)	選挙方法
	(German)	Wahlsystem
	(Spanish)	Sistema de votación
	(French)	Système de vote
	(Italian)	Sistema elettorale

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Runoff

The term may have several meanings. Runoff -- a computer program Runoff voting -- a voting system Runoff -- surface water -- other dictionary meanings...

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List of mathematics-based methods

methods. Akra-Bazzi method (combinatorics) Condorcet method (voting systems) Coombs' method (voting systems) Copeland's method (voting systems) D'Hondt method (voting systems) Discrete element method... (voting systems) Infinite descent method (number theory) Information bottleneck method Inverse chain...

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Clyde Coombs

Clyde Hamilton Coombs (July 22, 1912 - February 4, 1988) was an American psychologist specialized in the field of mathematical psychology. He devised a voting system, that was hence named Coombs' method...

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Hamilton method

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Monotonicity criterion

A voting system is monotonic if it satisfies the following so-called monotonicity criterion given.... The monotonicity criterion for voting systems is the following statement: If an alternative X... is that in a non-monotonic system, voting for a candidate can cause that candidate to lose. It is...

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Britain J. Williams

electronic voting systems. He was a consultant to the FEC during the development of the FEC Voting System Standards in 1990 and again in 2002. He is currently a member of the NASED Voting Systems Board and Chair of the NASED Voting Systems Board Technical Committee. He serves as a consultant to the...

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AMS

AMS may stand for: Accelerator mass spectrometer or Accelerator mass spectrometry Acute mountain sickness, a type of medical condition. Additional Member System, a type of voting system. Alma Mater Society of Queen's University at Kingston, Canada, the university's primary student government...

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Liberum Veto

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Maurice Duverger

Maurice Duverger (born June 5, 1917) is a French jurist born in Angoulême, France. He devised a theory which became known as Duverger's law, which identifies a correlation between voting systems and the formation of a two-party system. Notable publications: King's Mate (1978) External links...

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Nicolaus Tideman

T. Nicolaus Tideman (born August 11, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Professor of Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His academic interests are mainly focused on the economics of land. In 1987, he proposed a voting system called Ranked Pairs, a Condorcet method...

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