EM-list archive

This is information about the mailing list archives for the "EM-list" (the "election-methods" mailing list).

Purpose

The list has long been intended a place for the discussion of the nitty-gritty details of single-winner election reform, the relative merits of different proportional representation systems, and the technical underpinnings of all election methods. "election-methods-list" discussions tend to be technical in nature (or at least, very laden with jargon), with the ultimate goal of providing recommendations and educational material to the electoral reform movement.

History

Main article: EM25

On February 15, 2021, the election-methods mailing list (the "EM-list") is celebrating its 25th birthday!!! The EM-list is a mailing list that was started in 1996 and continues to host discussions with electoral system experts and activists. User:RobLa jumped the gun when he sent the "Happy Birthday" note to the mailing list.

The list was started in 1996 by Rob Lanphier.. Rob Lanphier is "User:RobLa" on this wiki. It was started as an unofficial spinoff to the "ER-list", which was more concerned about promoting single-winner STV than diving into the weeds about the theory of electoral systems.

1996

See EM25 to see the first message that was sent (on February 15, 1996). See the following links for other messages:

• February:
  • By Thread)
  • By Subject
  • By Author
  • By Date
  • 1996-February.txt.gz -- gzipped plain-text archive.

See the rest of the 1996 archive here: https://electorama.com/em/archive.html#1996

February 1996

• New "election-methods" list (anchor=65327) - Rob Lanphier
• use of "who" inquiry (anchor=65328) - Rob Lanphier
• STV ballot question (anchor=65329) - Ed Still
• Message from Jim Lindsay (anchor=65330) - Rob Lanphier
• STV ballot question (anchor=98092) - Rob Lanphier
• closed/open list hybrids? (anchor=65331) - Steve Eppley
• uuencoding and ftp (was Re: Are all of us able to browse web?) (anchor=65333) - Steve Eppley
• closed/open list hybrids? (anchor=98094) - Rob Lanphier
• [ER Nader poopoos prop rep?! (fwd)] (anchor=65335) - Rob Lanphier
• ER/EM FAQs (anchor=65336) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• ER/EM FAQs (anchor=98097) - Steve Eppley
• Voting Paradoxes (anchor=65338) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=65339) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=98100) - Rob Lanphier
• ER/EM FAQs (anchor=98101) - Rob Lanphier
• CVD home page (anchor=65343) - Ed Still
• What is PR? (anchor=65344) - Steve Eppley
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=65345) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=98105) - Rob Lanphier
• CVD home page (anchor=98106) - Rob Lanphier
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=98107) - Mike Ossipoff
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=98108) - Mike Ossipoff
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=98109) - Matthew Shugart
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=98110) - Rob Lanphier
• New Hypermail Archive (anchor=65352) - Rob Lanphier
• ">No subject {{{title}}} (anchor=65353) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• MSC reply (anchor=65354) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com
• MSC reply (anchor=98114) - Rob Lanphier
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=98115) - Lucien Saumur
• MSC reply (anchor=98116) - Mike Ossipoff
• Multiple Same Choices (anchor=98117) - Steve Eppley
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=98118) - Steve Eppley
• Defects in various election systems (anchor=98122) - Matthew Shugart
• (Fwd) {SW} Outline-driven group writing (anchor=65360) - Steve Eppley
• (Fwd) Re: {SWC} Outline-driven group writing (anchor=65361) - Steve Eppley
• Messages of Single-Winner Committee available (anchor=65362) - Steve Eppley
• Hitler-Stalin-Middle Example Again (anchor=65364) - DEMOREP1 at aol.com

Later history

During its first few years, "election-methods" it was on "eskimo.com", and was originally a "Majordomo" list. In 2003, the list moved to the newly-formed Electorama.com website on Dreamhost, and transitioned to becoming a GNU Mailman-based mailing list. EM-list remains hosted on Dreamhost, but the old "Electowiki" wiki, hosted on Dreamhost was copied the Miraheze infrastructure in 2018 and rebranded "electowiki" (with a lowercase "e"). The old "Electowiki" wiki is still running to serve up history of articles written prior to 2018.

Future

Who knows?

Footnotes