On Tue, 2005-12-13 at 13:01 +0100, Stephen Turner wrote: > I mentioned recently that there was a conference on > the Problems of Democracy here in Madrid. I went to > quite a few of the sessions. There was not much about > voting methods, though other stuff of interest. >
Let's not forget perhaps the most relevant selection at random - that of the citizen's assembly in British Columbia, who recommended proportional representation via STV by a very strong majority after being educated on all things voting systems for a few months. This shows that you can teach the general public to support a better voting system...you just have to pick them at random first :) -Scott Ritchie ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
