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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? > What happens when there are lots of options on the ballot paper?

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ok , let’s take an extreme example: drawing up a short list of six candidates from a total of 78 applicants (to take a real life scenario). Obviously, it would be a bit silly to ask those concerned to list all 78 preferences. Instead, let each member of the interviewing panel list their six nominees for the short list, and the collective short list will be the six people with the most points.

Last updated on September 19, 2008 by Deborda