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The Borda count was devised by [[Jean-Charles de Borda]] in June of 1770. It was first published in 1781 as ''Mémoire sur les élections au scrutin'' in the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris. This method was devised by Borda to fairly elect members to the [[French Academy of Sciences]] and was used by the Academy beginning in 1784 until quashed by [[Napoleon]] in 1800.
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*[http://www.deborda.org The de Borda Institute, Northern Ireland]
*[http://www.colorado.edu/education/DMP/voting_b.html The Symmetry and Complexity of Elections] Article by mathematician [[Donald G. Saari]] shows that the Borda Count has relatively few paradoxes compared to certain other voting methods.
*[http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Eatabarro/Would%20the%20Borda%20Count.pdf Article by Alexander Tabarrok and Lee Spector] Would using the Borda Count in the U.S. 1860 presidential election have averted the
*[http://apseg.anu.edu.au/staff/pub_highlights/ReillyB_05.pdf Article by Benjamin Reilly] Social Choice in the South Seas: Electoral Innovation and the Borda Count in the Pacific Island Countries.
*[http://www.colorado.edu/education/DMP/voting_c.html A Fourth Grade Experience] Article by [[Donald G. Saari]] observing the choice intuition of young children.
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