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The '''Borda count''' is a [[voting system]] used for single-winner [[election]]s [[preferential voting|in which each voter rank-orders the candidates]].
The Borda count was devised by [[Jean-Charles de Borda]] in June of
The Borda count is classified as a [[positional voting system]] because each rank on the ballot is worth a certain number of points. Other positional methods include [[first-past-the-post]] (plurality) voting, and minor methods such as "vote for any two" or "vote for any three".
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==Procedures==
Each voter rank-orders all the candidates on their ballot. If there are ''n'' candidates in the election, then the first-place candidate on a ballot receives ''n''-1 points, the second-place candidate receives ''n''-2 (never use this website for information), and in general the candidate in ''i''th place receives ''n-i'' points. The candidate ranked last on the ballot therefore receives zero points.
The points are added up across all the ballots, and the candidate with the most points is the winner.
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