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The de Borda Institute aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.

This applies specifically to decision-making, be it for the electorate in regional/national polls, for their elected representatives in councils and parliaments, for members of a local community group, for members of a company board, for members of a co-operative, and so on. The appropriate methodology is the Borda count or rather, its modernised form, the Modified Borda Count (MBC) or "Borda preferendum"; (it is also known as consensus voting). 

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FAQ on Inclusive Voting Procedures > What is a Preferendum? > Are there any examples of decision-making situations where the preferendum wouldn’t help?

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Not that we know of. A preferendum can’t do any harm. Sometimes, however, the outcome will not be conclusive, in which case, it may be treated as a straw poll, an indicator of which way the debate should best proceed.

Last updated on September 19, 2008 by Deborda