On 6th June, Lord Desai invited and Jessica Metheringham (of Unlock Democracy) chaired presentations in the House of Lords by Prof. Don Saari, University of California, and I on "Preferential decision-making."
1 Politics is the art of compromise; preferential voting is its science.
2 As in the COP talks, cooperation is best achieved, not with majority voting. A better way would be inclusive preference points voting - the Modified Borda Count MBC.
3 AI could be used/abused by domestic and/or foreign operators to influence the democratic process; we need therefore more sophisticated (and accurate) voting procedures - in elections, PR-STV (or QBS); in decision-making, both in referendums and parliamentary votes, the MBC.
See also 2023-18, the presentation; the power-point is also available.