The method of equal shares is a proportional method of counting ballots that applies to participatory budgeting, to committee elections, and to simultaneous...
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The Sainte-Laguë method shows a more equal seats-to-votes ratio for different sized parties among apportionment methods. The method was first described...
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The Huntington–Hill method (sometimes method of equal proportions) is a highest averages method for assigning seats in a legislature to political parties...
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The D'Hondt method, also called the Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method, is an apportionment method for allocating seats in parliaments among...
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Ranked voting (redirect from Ranked voting method)
that uses voters' orderings (rankings) of candidates to choose a single winner. For example, Dowdall's method assigns 1, 1⁄2, 1⁄3... points to the 1st...
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present an efficient algorithm to compute it. This method generalizes the method of equal shares for committee elections. The generalization to PB with...
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First-past-the-post voting (redirect from First-Past-The-Post Method)
to FPTP. As a winner-take-all method, it often produces disproportional results, particularly when electing members of a legislature, in the sense that...
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Electoral system (redirect from Election method)
pick as many candidates as they like and each choice has equal weight, independent of the number of candidates a voter supports. The candidate with the most...
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Rated voting (redirect from Cardinal voting methods)
voting Fair majority voting Method of equal shares Ratings ballots can be converted to ranked/preferential ballots, assuming equal ranks are allowed. For example:...
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Two-round system (redirect from Tactical manipulation of runoff voting)
also known as runoff voting, second ballot, or ballotage, is a voting method used to elect a single candidate. The first round is held using simple plurality...
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Spoiler effect (redirect from Local independence of irrelevant alternatives)
spoiler effect. However, the frequency and severity of spoiler effects depends on the voting method. Plurality and ranked choice (plurality-loser) are...
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Sincere favorite criterion (section Compliant methods)
of Ranked-Choice Voting". Election Science. The Center for Election Science. Retrieved 2023-07-17. "Voting Method Gameability". Equal Vote. The Equal...
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A Condorcet method (English: /kɒndɔːrˈseɪ/; French: [kɔ̃dɔʁsɛ]) is an election method that elects the candidate who wins a majority of the vote in every...
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STAR voting (redirect from Equal Vote Coalition)
2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-18. "Equal Vote Coalition". Retrieved 2017-04-05. "Score Runoff Voting: The New Voting Method that Could Save Our Democratic...
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remainder methods or quota methods are methods of allocating seats proportionally that are based on calculating a quota, i.e. a certain number of votes needed...
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Voting (redirect from Voting method)
Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, convenes together for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing...
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Condorcet paradox (section Likelihood of the paradox)
Z_{n}} ) the random variable equal to the number of voters who placed A in front of B (respectively B in front of C, C in front of A). The sought probability...
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2014, the Equal Vote Coalition advocates a variant method (STAR) with an extra second evaluation step to address some of the criticisms of traditional...
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variations between the parties' vote shares are effectively reduced, and each party has a roughly equal number of seats. The table below lists countries...
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split their votes. Possibly the simplest ballot uses the equal and even cumulative voting method, where a voter simply marks preferred candidates, as in...
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Single transferable vote (redirect from Cincinnati method)
is a weakly-proportional family of multi-winner electoral systems. They are a variation on the largest remainders method that uses solid coalitions rather...
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Multiwinner voting (section Families of methods)
generalizations, as well as Phragmen's voting rules and the method of equal shares. The complexity of determining the winners vary: MNTV winners can be found...
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divisor methods can be used to round shares of a total, e.g. percentage points (which must add up to 100). The two names for these methods—highest averages...
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Apportionment (politics) (redirect from Apportionment method)
vote an equal weight. This is both intuitive and stated in laws such as the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (the Equal Protection...
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Condorcet winner criterion (section By method)
because they extend the principle of majority rule to elections with multiple candidates. In situations where equal or tied ranks are allowed, a candidate...
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democratic advances. Ranked-choice voting (RCV) can refer to one of several ranked voting methods used in some cities and states in the United States. The term...
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of score voting. Schulze's method uses ranked ballots with equal ratings allowed. There are two common (equivalent) descriptions of Schulze's method....
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should make choices, given a collection of individual preferences. This article discusses the methods and results of comparing different systems. There are...
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Monotonicity criterion (section By method)
German constitution's guarantee of equal and direct suffrage. For electoral methods failing positive value, the frequency of monotonicity violations will...
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Proportional approval voting (section Method)
book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Method of equal shares D'Hondt method Sequential proportional approval voting Phragmen's voting...
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