A blog: I'm going to China. Starting in Vienna with a TEDx talk, I then head to Belgrade, Sarajevo, Tbilisi, Baku and Kabul, before catching a bus across Tajikistan to Kashgar, 喀什, in Xīnjiāng, 新疆, where I hope to buy a bicycle. https://debordaabroad.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/de-borda-abroad/
38 DEGREES - PETITION
Mulit-option and Preferential Referendums
Please sign the petition on
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/multi-option-and-preferential-referendums/manage
_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-
DECISION-MAKER
Inclusive voting app
JUST OUT - THE APP TO BEAT ALL APPS, ABSOLUTELY!
_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-_/-
|
The Hospital for Incurable Protestants The Mémoire of a Collapsed Catholic This is the story of a pacifist in a conflict zone, in Northern Ireland and the Balkans. Only in e-format, but only £5.15. Available from Amazon. |
The director alongside the statue of Jean-Charles de Borda, capitaine et savant, in l’École Navale in Brest, 24.9.2010. Photo by Gwenaelle Bichelot.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017 x% of Party A, and x'% of Party B, vote 'for'; y% of A and y'% of B vote 'against. A > B, so A has the majority, applies the whip, and wins. But maybe y + y' > x + x'. Hence this press release in the Irish News of 8th Sept.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 If subject to the party whip, majority vote decision-making can produce 'fake' results. Our latest press release. See also 2017-1 and 2016-12.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017 ODIHR, oh dear, OH DEAR! ODIHR does not discuss electoral systems. But to observe a Mongolian (or any other) election without talking about the voting procedure is like talking about Mongolian cuisine without mentioning meat. Here's another view.
Saturday, June 10, 2017 Total number of seats = 650
so a majority = 326
A Tories = 318
B Lab = 262
C SNP = 35
D LD = 12
E DUP = 10
F SF = 7
G PC = 4
H GP = 1
For those who believe in majority rule, a minimal majority coalition government could be either:
A + B, or A + C, or A + D, or A + E, or A + F + G or ...
B + C + D + E + F + G, or B + C + D + E + F + H
and in majoritarian democratic theory, any one of these seven combinations is only totally democratic.
Friday, May 12, 2017 The Will of the People: A Critique of (Simple or Weighted) Majority Voting. In OJPS, 2017, Vol. 7, 311-325.
http://file.scirp.org/pdf/OJPS_2017042816243705.pdf (See also 2017-1 and 2016-12.)
