http://www.deborda.org/blog/ A Northern Ireland-based organisation promoting inclusive voting. en-us 2006-09-18T22:06:48+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000016.html The following letter was published in The Guardian on Fri 15th Sept Dear Editor, Except for big political parties, nearly all democratic organisations hold AGMs and annual elections. Hence the party leadership struggles: Thatcher, Kennedy and now Blair. Is there... News deborda 2006-09-18T22:06:48+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000015.html Dear Editor, The 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement outlines a referendum on autonomy in 2010. The 2002 Machakos Protocol for South Sudan promised a similar ballot on independence in six years. So if one part of the country can break away,... News deborda 2006-09-13T11:28:00+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000014.html If Northern Ireland is ever to have a power-sharing arrangements which functions successfully, considertion should be given to a form of multi-option preference voting, instead of thinking that EVERY political question is a dichotomy! Accordingly, we recently sent the following... News deborda 2006-09-05T22:16:52+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000013.html On 24th August, during the annual Journées d'été des Verts held this year in Coutances in Normandy, the de Borda Institute gave a presentation to the French Green Party on decision-making. It went well and, as a result, one person... News deborda 2006-09-05T22:03:26+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000011.html On the news that the government still wants to reform the House of lords, and on the rumour that Jack Straw might even allow for a free votre on this issue, this Institute has sent the following letter to The... News deborda 2006-08-06T22:59:54+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000010.html Publishers Springer-Verlag announce plans to publish a new book 'Towards an Inclusive Democracy' edited by Peter Emerson in the Spring of 2007. Details on the Publications section of the Deborda site.... Announcement deborda 2006-08-03T10:51:48+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000009.html From the Irish Times on the Sept 27th: Dear Madam, When conducting public surveys, is it really beyond the wit of your pollsters to ask, not just for which party would you give your first preference, but for which parties... News deborda 2005-10-03T09:54:57+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000008.html Scotland will soon have four different election systems: 'first-past-the-post' for Westminster elections, PR-list for the Euros, AMS for the Scottish Parliament, and PR-STV for the 2007 local council elections. So the Arbuthnott Commission came to Ireland, to see what people... News Mark 2005-04-02T14:09:02+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000007.html The de Borda Institute recently gave a demonstration of electronic multi-option preference voting to the Policy and Resources Committee of Belfast City Council. A copy of the report will appear on the site soon.... News deborda 2005-03-21T21:23:09+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000006.html A new article from February's edition of Fortnight magazine on the situation in Ukraine is now available on the site.... News deborda 2005-02-16T21:29:26+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000005.html An open letter published in the Irish News, December 2004, to SDLP leader Mark Durkan, noting the inevitable dichotomies emerging from the Belfast agreement.... News Mark 2005-01-04T13:32:58+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000004.html As the NI parties head for Leeds Castle, it is interesting to note that this Institute long since predicted the problems that would arise with the Belfast Agreement. See Fortnight (June 1998, No 371), for example, for an article by... Announcement deborda 2004-08-26T21:34:07+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000003.html The Green Party (Comhaontas Glas) has adopted the matrix vote as part of its policy for the on-going review of the Belfast Agreement. The matrix vote is the ideal way for the Assembly to elect its power-sharing Executive. The system... News deborda 2004-07-29T22:24:29+01:00 http://www.deborda.org/blog/archives/000002.html In July 2002, the two parties to the civil war in Sudan - the Sudanese peopl's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Khartoum Government - signed the "Machakos Protocol". This Agreement will give South Sudan the right to self-determination, i.e., a... Announcement deborda 2004-07-29T22:23:37+01:00