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| − | On "election-methods-list", we discuss the nitty-gritty
| + | The list is for discussion of the nitty-gritty details of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods. "election-methods-list" discussions tend to be technical in nature (or at least, very laden with jargon), with the ultimate goal of providing recommendations and educational material to the electoral reform movement. |
| − | details of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different | |
| − | proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of | |
| − | all election methods. "election-methods-list" discussions | |
| − | tend to be technical in nature (or at least, very laden with jargon), with the ultimate goal of | |
| − | providing recommendations and educational material to the electoral reform movement. | |
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| + | The list was [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/1996-February/065327.html started in 1996] by Rob Lanphier ([[User:RobLa]] on this wiki). During it's first few years, it was on [https://eskimo.com eskimo.com], but [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2003-March/074889.html moved to electorama.com (hosted on Dreamhost) in 2003]. The list has been continuously active for 23 years. |
| − | to have in-depth discussions about the technical subtleties of election
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| − | == Code of Conduct ==
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| − | Please come prepared to defend the statements that you make,
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| − | and to directly answer the questions that others ask of you. This list
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| − | was set up to increase communication between people interested in new forms | |
| − | of election methodology, not as a sounding board for those who wish to
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| − | drown out opposing views with prolific repetition of statements already
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| − | made. When conflicts arise, please use this list to understand ''fully''
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| − | why the other side feels the way they do by honest intellectual inquiry.
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| − | And when those who feel differently than you are trying to understand why
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| − | you feel the way you do, please answer as honestly and directly as possible.
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| − | Hopefully this is all common sense, but sadly not common enough (hence
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| − | == Frequently Asked Questions List ==
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| − | Most things discussed on this list should be documented on [[Main Page|Electowiki]].
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| − | Additionally, there are a number of unofficial sources which define many of the terms used on the list:
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| − | * The Wikipedia project is working on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Voting_Systems Wikipedia:WikiProject Voting Systems]
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| − | * Phil Hunt once maintained the [http://www.vision25.demon.co.uk/pol/votefaq.txt Voting Systems FAQ], which he posted periodically to [news:alt.politics.elections the alt.politics.elections newsgroup], among others. It hasn't been updated in quite a while, though.
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| − | * [http://electionmethods.org The Election Methods Research Group] has a high-level overview of election methods and the definitions associated with them.
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| − | * Blake Cretney has set up [http://condorcet.org/emr/ an election methods resource page] that also provides some useful definitions.
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| − | * Mike Ossipoff composed [http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/cpr/single-winner.html an explanation of single winner methods].
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| − | * The [http://dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Campaigns_and_Elections/Voting_Systems/ Netscape Open Directory Project Voting Systems page] has a pretty complete list of alternate voting systems. [http://www.google.com Google] also carries Open Directory with page rankings (very cool feature), so you can see [http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Politics/Campaigns_and_Elections/Voting_Systems/ the ranked version of the Voting Systems Category].
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| − | == Archive ==
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| − | There are several archives available for this list:
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| − | * [http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/ Electorama.com archive] - This is the official archive for this list, which has all postings back to the starting of the list in 1996.
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| − | * The VA Linux Mail Archive service ([http://www.mail-archive.com mail-archive.com]) carries everything back to 2000, [http://www.mail-archive.com/election-methods-list%40eskimo.com/ archived here]. Messages from March 2003 and later [http://www.mail-archive.com/election-methods-electorama.com%40lists.electorama.com/ can be found here].
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| − | * [http://gmane.org GMane] maintains [http://news.gmane.org/gmane.politics.election-methods/ a great archive of the election-methods list]. They have a great web interface, and additionally have an NNTP feed which can be read using standard [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsreader Usenet news reader software].
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The list is for discussion of the nitty-gritty details of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods. "election-methods-list" discussions tend to be technical in nature (or at least, very laden with jargon), with the ultimate goal of providing recommendations and educational material to the electoral reform movement.
