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== About ==
== About ==
{{Main|About}}
{{Main|About}}
Different [[Electoral system|electoral systems]] have different effects on the quality of democratic elections. Many [[Advocacy |electoral activists]] wish to replace the [[First Past the Post electoral system|choose-one]] and [[Two-round system|two-round]] systems used in most of the world's elections. [[Voting theorist |Voting theorists]] have researched the topic and support the activists' call for a change. The editors of this wiki support a change too (see "[[electowiki:EPOV]]" to learn more).
Different [[Electoral system|electoral systems]] have different effects on the quality of democratic elections. Many [[Advocacy |electoral activists]] wish to replace the antiquated "[[First Past the Post electoral system|choose-one]]" systems (often referred to as "[[First Past the Post electoral system|first past the post]]") which are used in most of the world's elections with better systems. Many [[Voting theorist |voting theorists]] have researched the topic and support the activists' call for a change. The editors of this wiki support a change too (see "[[electowiki:EPOV]]" to learn more).


=== Movements ===
=== Movements ===
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* [[Single-member district|Single-winner systems]], such as:
* [[Single-member district|Single-winner systems]], such as:
** [[Approval voting]] – a choose-many variation on the choose-one system
** [[Approval voting]] – a "choose-many" variation on the choose-one system
** [[Condorcet method|Condorcet methods]] – systems based on majority-rule (whether most voters prefer A or B)
** [[Condorcet method|Condorcet methods]] – systems which favor candidates who defeat all other candidates in pairwise comparisons
** [[Instant-runoff voting|Instant runoff voting]] – one of many [[Ranked voting systems|ranking systems]] promoted under the name of "[[Ranked Choice Voting]]" (or "RCV")
** [[Instant-runoff voting|Instant runoff voting]] – one of many [[Ranked voting systems|ranking systems]] promoted under the name of "[[Ranked Choice Voting]]" (or "RCV")
** [[Score voting]] – a simple system where you can grade each candidate
** [[Score voting]] – a system where voters can rate each candidate on a numerical scale
** [[STAR voting]] – a variant of score with a majority-rule runoff at the end
** [[STAR voting]] – a variant of score with a majority-rule runoff at the end
* [[Multi-member system]]s, which offer differing degrees of [[proportional representation]] while selecting multiple candidates.
* [[Multi-member system]]s, which offer differing degrees of [[proportional representation]] while selecting multiple candidates.


There is a lot of [[:Category:Voting theory|theory]] behind these systems, including work on:
The field of [[:Category:Voting theory|voting theory]] has had extensive research over the past centuries, including work on:


* [[:Category:Voting system criteria|'''Criteria''']] – how can we know whether a method behaves the way we want it to?
* [[:Category:Voting system criteria|'''Criteria''']] – how can we know whether a method behaves the way we want it to?
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Some facts about ''electowiki'':
Some facts about ''electowiki'':
*electowiki was launched in January 2005 as the official wiki for the 2003 "[[Electowiki:Electorama!|Electorama!]]" project.
*The electoral systems wiki project began in January 2005 on Wikipedia.
*electowiki was created to host to include more detailed information about less-notable methods and articles that are still under development.
*This wiki was created as a home for more detailed information about less-notable methods and articles that are still under development (for Wikipedia and elsewhere) .
*electowiki currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in the main collection, as well as many other policy pages, talk pages, and user pages.
*electowiki currently has {{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} articles in the main collection, as well as many other policy pages, talk pages, and user pages.
*electowiki.org (hosted by [[meta:Miraheze|Miraheze]]) was started in 2018, with content copied over from the old [[Electorama wiki]] site in late 2018.
*electowiki.org (hosted by [[meta:Miraheze|Miraheze]]) was started in 2018, with content copied over from the old [[Electorama wiki]] site in late 2018.
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