List: votewell | Curated by clay schöntrup

Feb 19, 2025
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The Democratic Potential of Jury Selection in Closed List SystemsIn the realm of electoral systems, closed-list proportional representation often faces criticism for being less democratic than open-list…
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a georgist rationalist constitutionwe, the people of the united states, establish this constitution to secure individual liberty, mutual prosperity, and just governance…
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Jan 31
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Voters Are the Problem — Why Juries Should Decide ElectionsIn an era of unprecedented information fragmentation, our democracy faces existential challenges. From the 1950s through the 1980s, when…
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Jan 21
Marcus Ogren
Voter Satisfaction Efficiency: Many, many resultsA quantitative answer to “Which voting methods produce the best winners?”
Aug 13, 2024
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Aug 13, 2024
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Expansionist Free Equitism: A Manifesto for Rational ProgressThe stakes could not be higher. We stand at a crossroads between a future of unprecedented human flourishing and a descent into…
Oct 27, 2024
Oct 27, 2024
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A Response to “The case against STAR voting”Aishiki Nag’s recent attack on STAR Voting in The Daily Emerald contains numerous factual errors and invalid conclusions. Properly…
Apr 30, 2024
Apr 30, 2024
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the death of majoritarianismescaping the subjectivity trap
Feb 11, 2024
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Feb 11, 2024
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the proportional representation fallacyimagine the simplest conceivable proportional representation scenario. the electorate is divided into 3 equally-sized ideologically…
Jan 13, 2024
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maximinone common mistaken anti-utilitarian argument is that the social welfare function ought to be max-min.
Nov 30, 2023
Nov 30, 2023
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proportional representationimagine a theoretical society comprised of 1/3rd left, center, and right factions, electing 300 representatives to the legislature. in a…
Nov 28, 2023
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Nov 28, 2023
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more odd lies from fairvote: star votingfairvote often makes misleading and false statements. consider this one:
Nov 12, 2023
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Nov 12, 2023
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election by jury
Aug 24, 2023
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Aug 24, 2023
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Tactical IRVBackground
May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022
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majoritiessay we have three groups of voters with preferences for social and economic liberalism or conservatism indicated as follows. test.
Jun 17, 2022
Jun 17, 2022
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independence of irrelevant alternativesindependence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) is a criterion that can apply to either of the two components of a voting method. what are…
Jul 30, 2022
Jul 30, 2022
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Ranked Choice Voting: Wrong for SeattleSeattle voters have a chance to adopt one of two alternative voting methods this November 2022.
Aug 13, 2022
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Aug 13, 2022
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ranked choice voting doesn’t solve the spoiler effectbut approval voting does
Aug 19, 2022
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Aug 19, 2022
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expressivenessa lot of people intuitively believe that ranked choice voting (RCV) is better than approval voting because it seems to be more expressive…
Nov 9, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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ultrademocracyan ideal policy-making body has two fundamental characteristics.
Nov 26, 2022
Nov 26, 2022
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Portland’s New Voting MethodWhen adopting any policy change, a legislative body only has a limited “innovation budget” to spend. The two primary cost drivers that go…
Feb 14, 2022
Feb 14, 2022