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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 stv-voting list
discusses ways to promote ranked-ballot full representation methods around the world.
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.
Other Software Packages
- OpenSTV by Jeff O'Neill is a standalone
python package that tallies according to
several different variations on the rules.
- Ted Sowinski's open-source
Perl-based IRV web poll
- Blake Cretney's
open-source Python IRV script
- ChoicePlus by Voting Solutions - open source (with an ambiguous license)
designed for real public elections. Has been used in Cambridge, MA and elsewhere.
A limited cheap/free version is also available.
- Craig Simon's ChoiceRanker software is also implemented as the
WeVote application on Facebook.
Miscellaneous links
- Direct Representation - by moving beyond the
concept of elections, we can find an even better way to satisfy democratic principles.
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