Direct Democracy 23
Electronic Voting Systems 26
Instant Runoff 7
Proportional Representation 4
Single Transferable Vote 7
U.S. Electoral College 14
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 Accurate DemocracyAccurate Democracy
 Site explaining Condorcet's method and proportional representation, and their use in public elections and meetings. Free software included.
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Approval VotingApproval Voting
 Advocacy page for Approval Voting. Includes many theoretical examples which illustrate improvement over plurality voting.
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Approval VotingApproval Voting
 A voting procedure in which voters can vote for, or approve of, as many candidates as they wish. Each candidate approved of receives one vote, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
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Caltech-MIT Voting Technology ProjectCaltech-MIT Voting Technology Project
 Project set up to evaluate the current state and reliability of U.S. voting systems, and to propose specific uniform requirements and guidelines for U.S. voting systems. Formed in December 2000 in response to the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election.
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Center for Voting and DemocracyCenter for Voting and Democracy
 Organization that researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Advocates proportional representation systems for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive and judicial elections and public interest redistricting.
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Citizens for Approval VotingCitizens for Approval Voting
 A nonprofit political organization advocating the Approval Voting system of elections.
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Condorcet.orgCondorcet.org
 Information on voting methods, centering around the "Ranked Pairs" single-winner election method. This site has an explanation of the method, along with a comprehensive comparison of methods, and software for pairwise voting tabulation.
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Condorcet's MethodCondorcet's Method
 A pairwise election system where ranked ballots are used to simulate many head-to-head elections, where the winner is the candidate who wins all pairings.
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The De Borda InstituteThe De Borda Institute
 A Northern Ireland-based not-for-profit organisation which aims to promote the use of Borda voting and related voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.
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Declared-Strategy VotingDeclared-Strategy Voting
 Group decision-making procedure in which preference is specified using voting strategies in a given scenario (for instance, a first-past-the-post election)
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Elections - or, cheering for the StateElections - or, cheering for the State
 Site which advocates Anarcho-Capitalism (anarchy combined with free market capitalism) with pointers to editorials.
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Elections, Electoral Methods and Electoral LawElections, Electoral Methods and Electoral Law
 Describes the voting system for German Federal elections, with discussion, statistics, and links related to unusual characteristics such as with overhang seats and negative weighting of votes.
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Elections: Results and Voting systemsElections: Results and Voting systems
 Links to websites and articles on a variety of voting systems and suggested election reforms.
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ElectoramaElectorama
 Home of the Election-methods mailing list. Discussion of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods.
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How Democracy WorksHow Democracy Works
 Explanation two-party politics against left-right spectrum. Asserts that in perfect elections, candidates will appear equally imperfect, elections' voter turnout will often be low, and all elections will end in near ties.
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The Immigrant Voting ProjectThe Immigrant Voting Project
 Promotes discussion of immigrant voting rights (also known as resident voting, alien suffrage, and non-citizen voting) as a sensible policy to strengthen democracy by encouraging citizenship, community building, and government accountability.
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International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
 A private, nonprofit organization established in 1987 to support electoral and other democratic institutions in emerging, evolving, and experienced democracies.
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New York Times Opinion: Making Votes CountNew York Times Opinion: Making Votes Count
 Archive of editorials on issues in the mechanics of US democracy, including the reliability of electronic voting machines, obstacles to voter registration, the Electoral College, and other topics.
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Politicians and Polytopes mailing listPoliticians and Polytopes mailing list
 Preferential voting, and the mathematics of methods derived from or compliant with, principles of STV and FPTP.
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PR-SquaredPR-Squared
 A new electoral system which boasts the advantages of first-past-the-post, but retains the "fairness" of proportional representation.
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Voting System SimulationsVoting System Simulations
 Millions of simulated elections, statistics gathered, utilitarian bests found. Advocates Acceptance/Approval, Borda, Condorcet, Rated, variations, while considering IRV harmful
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Wikipedia: Voting System DefinitionWikipedia: Voting System Definition
 Comprehensive description of various voting systems. Site uses an open Wiki, which allows anyone to make additions or corrections.
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Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"Whyfiles.org -- "Voting for better voting"
 Alternative voting systems could reduce chances for another election-day disaster (November 16, 2000)
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: When Votes Don't Add UpThe Chronicle of Higher Education: When Votes Don't Add Up
 Article describing relative merits of Approval, Instant Runoff, and Borda methods (November 3, 2000)
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May the Best Man LoseMay the Best Man Lose
 Discover magazine critical of winner-take-all and plurality systems, favoring proposals by Donald Saari and Steven Brams. (November 1, 2000)
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Making Sense out of ConsensusMaking Sense out of Consensus
 SIAM News article about Borda, Condorcet, and Approval voting which uses the Jesse Ventura victory in Minnesota as primary example. (October 1, 2000)
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