Dear all, I have prepared a paper on the definition of preferential voting. I invite all of you to check it. It is posted here: http://rcum.uni-mb.si/~jure/preferential8_emlist.pdf
It is still a draft. On-list and off-list replies are most welcome. In short, the article overviews various definitions of preferential voting and shows that the term is used for a number of different election systems and groups of such systems. It aims to contribute to the body of research on preferential voting by proposing a common understanding and classification of preferential voting. I suggest that preferentiality ought to be one of the characteristics by which electoral systems are evaluated. All election systems are preferential, though to varying degrees. I suggest that the evaluation of preferentiality should be based primarily on whether preferential voting schemes enable expression of intra-party preferences, inter-party preferences, or some combination of both. I offer a classification of numerous electoral schemes according to their preferentiality. Jurij ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
