FAQ on > What is a Preferendum? (23 entries)
A preferendum is a multi-option voting process for use in decision-making. The procedures for a preferendum cover both the debate which precedes the vote, as well as the vote-and-count.
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A Modified Borda Count ( mbc ).
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i) A chairperson and a team of, say, three consensors invite all parties in the debate to propose options. The consensors produce a list of these options. ii) The ...
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No. On some occasions, the very procedure itself will allow for the emergence of a consensus, without any need for a vote at all.
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Not much. It is certainly much better than any form of minority rule, especially a dictatorship. The thing that is wrong, however, is this: a majority opinion cannot be ...
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In a 5-option ballot paper, if I vote for only my favourite option, my favourite gets just 1 point. If you vote for 2 options, your favourite gets 2 ...
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ok , let’s take an extreme example: drawing up a short list of six candidates from a total of 78 applicants (to take a real life scenario). Obviously, it would be ...
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No. If the subject matter is non-contentious, then by all means use a majority vote. On controversial topics, however, and especially on those occasions when someone(s) object(s) to the use of ...
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Only on those occasions when voters are choosing one outcome. In decision-making, it is always possible, at least in theory, to find a compromise. In elections, however, you can’t ...
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If the election is for two or more representatives or committee members or whatever, all of whom will then have the same status, the recommended procedure is a Quota Borda System ...
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It can be used in any situation. If the vote is held in parliament, the consensors may draw up a list of a maximum of 10 or even 12 options. In ...
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The question of who takes which decisions are normally enshrined in a written constitution. And a constitution, and constitutional amendments, are definitely things which should not be subject to ...
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The preferendum is not a panacea for everything, of course, but evidence suggests that, in many instances, it would facilitate the very opposite of an impasse . Businesses tend ...
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In a 5-option preferendum on options A, B, C, D and E , if my favourite was D and my 2 nd preference was B , then if I thought that ...
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Doubtless, a divided Ireland (6 and 26) would have been one of the options; 9 + 23 might have been another. Other options might have involved an Anglo-Celtic Federation, administration under ...
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In a plural society, with a plural parliament, doubtless there will be a plurality of ideas on how best to solve the problems of the day. If, then, there are more ...
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When the un Security Council debated Iraq in Oct. 2002 – Resolution 1441 – doubtless all fifteen members had their own views on what was the best policy: more or fewer ...
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No. In some instances, the consensus view will be the same as a majority view. Indeed, when there is unanimity, the consensus view will be the same as any minority view ...
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Not that we know of. A preferendum can’t do any harm. Sometimes, however, the outcome will not be conclusive, in which case, it may be treated as a straw poll, an ...
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No. The mathematics need only involve simple addition, adding up points. And in any case, it can all be done by computer these days.
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Nothing is perfect. Something called Arrow’s ‘Impossibility Theorem’ is a complicated piece of mathematics which proves that there is no such thing as a perfect voting system, something which, no matter ...
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A Condorcet count suffers from something called a paradox: if Ireland beats Scotland, Scotland beats England, and England beats Ireland, (as in the 2008 six-nations rugby internationals), no-one will know which ...
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It’s a bit like a sports league in which the winner could be the team which wins the most matches, (Condorcet); or it could be the team which scores the most ...
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The chances of a minority even existing will be minimal. In this respect, t he word becomes redundant.
