Peter Emerson is the director of The de Borda Institute (http://www.deborda.org/), a Northern Ireland-based NGO, which aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit is not binaryMeaningful votes mean less and less. Indeed, outcomes of binary ballots can be fake!
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor the people to have their say on Brexit, how best can the multi-option conundrum be resolved?If the problem is multi-optional, the question should be multi-optional, and the ballot paper should be a (short) list, usually of about 4 – 6 options.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A second referendum on the deal with the EU: a multi-option pollMore than anything else, perhaps, the UK now needs something which is not just accurate but also inclusive.
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Published in: HomeBrexit wrecks it: the theory of collective decision makingBasically, political decision-making should not be win-or-lose, as facilitated by the most ancient, primitive, divisive and inaccurate measure of collective opinion ever invented.
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Published in: HomeMy 350 on Donald Trump: Trumpustuous timesIf the US elections had been preferential – electing both President and Vice – Trump would probably not now be President-elect.
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Published in: HomeMy 350 on BREXIT: The will of the people
“All the wars in the former Yugoslavia started with a referendum.”