DeBorda Institute

The Matrix Vote

Deborda — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:08:35 +0000

We're doing another experiment on the matrix vote: it's at the PSAI postgraduate conference in Maynooth on Sat 23rd June, and it's all here.

Video of Defining Democracy launch

Deborda — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:16:57 +0000

Youtube video of the House of Lord launch of Defining Democracy with Lord Ashdown. And here's what I said at the Belfast launch: http://audioboo.fm/boos/740716-peter-emerson-talking-after-launch-of-his-book-on-decision-making-voting-procedures

President Michael D Higgins

Deborda — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:21:56 +0000

On Friday 10th February in Áras an Uachtaráin, Peter Emerson presented Michael D Higgins, the President of Ireland, with a copy of his latest work, Defining Democracy. The delegation included members of both the de Borda Institute and the New Ireland Group, as seen here.

The Ashgate Research Companion to War

Deborda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:58:19 +0000

The above anthology includes one chapter from the de Borda Institute: Majority rule - a cause of war? The book is due to be published in February. See www.ashgate.com

Scotland's Referendum

Deborda — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:47:09 +0000

Both the British and the Scottish Governments have published papers on the proposed referendum. Both want either one and/or two majority votes. Neither talk about preference voting. So we have responded: this one is to Edinburgh, and here's the London one.

DEFINING DEMOCRACY - launch

Deborda — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:19:07 +0000

Defining Democracy was launched in the House of Lords on Tues. 31st January 2012 by Lord Paddy Ashdown, Lord Mike Boyce, Prof. Elizabeth Meehan and Tommy Sands. The book is now on-line at

http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-20904-8#section=997930&page=1&locus=25

"An extraordinary and quite remarkable conucopia indexof available [voting] systems." Paddy Ashdown.

The original Borda count and partial voting

Deborda — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:46:12 +0000

The de Borda Institute has long since advocated the Modified Borda Count (MBC), but maybe this is what Jean-Charles de Borda had actually wanted. Social Choice and Welfare has now published the director's article, as entitled above, and it's available online on http://www.springerlink.com/content/k476366236x10402/

Polish Green Network

Deborda — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:24:50 +0000

"Towards a More Inclusive Democracy" is part of an anthology - Food and Democracy - edited by Marcin Gerwin and published by the Polish Green Network. And here it is.

Defining Democracy, 2nd edition

Deborda — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:35:05 +0000

Springer is scheduled to publish a second and much expanded edition of Defining Democracy later this year. Here is the flyer. The book is scheduled to be available on-line and in hard copy in December, 2011.

The latest on the Matrix Vote

Deborda — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:27:45 +0000

I presented a paper to the EPSU conference in Dublin on why the matrix vote is so important, and here it is. It includes a modification to the ideas published in Voting Matters No 29, and this improvement is in this brief extract.