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Here are some links to valuable information about modern election methods
and their proponents.
Mailing lists
These lists offer news and discussion forums that can help you get involved.
- The Instant
Runoff moderated email list discusses ways to promote and implement
this reform, mostly in the US.
Add your state code (CA, MI, MA) to the end of
the address and you are likely to find a state-specific list.
- The Voice4All list
discusses ways to promote full representation methods in the US.
- The stv-voting list
is like Voice4All but not US-specific.
Organizations
The case for electoral reform
Look at these sites to learn more about the election method used by
DemoChoice, its history, why we should use it, and its prospects for
expanded use.
- PR Library by Prof. Douglas Amy
- An improved
republic
- Comparison of election methods
- Quotes from notable sources
- The
New York City Council was elected from 1936-1947 using a variation of the
DemoChoice method
(candidates needed a fixed number of votes to earn a
seat,
instead of a fraction of the total votes).
- Election reform in Davis,
CA, including analysis of choice voting elections of the UC Davis
student government
Other Software Packages
- Ted Sowinski's open-source Perl-based IRV web poll
- Alex Chaffee's
open-source Java-based IRV web poll
- Blake Cretney's
open-source Python IRV script
- Washington IRV poll (Microsoft script)
- ChoicePlus by Voting Solutions - a proprietary
package designed for real public elections (it is used in Cambridge, MA and elsewhere).
A limited cheap/free version is available.
- pSTV by Jeff O'Neill is a standalone
python package that tallies according to
several different variations on the rules.
Miscellaneous links
- Sand's colorful compilation of links
- Direct Representation - by moving beyond the
concept of elections, we can find an even better way to satisfy democratic principles.
- UK-specific version of DemoChoice
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