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Please see here for some background on the director.  And this is a Youtube presentation by Phil Kearney on decision-making.

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.

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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. 

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FAQ on Inclusive Voting Procedures > What is a Preferendum? > Should every division in Westminster/Dáil be decided by preferendum? Again, where do you draw the line between suitable and unsuitable issues?

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In a plural society, with a plural parliament, doubtless there will be a plurality of ideas on how best to solve the problems of the day. If, then, there are more than two options ‘on the table’ (and the computer screen), then it is better to use a preferendum.

Last updated on September 19, 2008 by Deborda