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This is a non-exhaustive list of persons who significantly contributed to the development of voting theory.
* [[Kenneth Arrow]]- Discoverer of [[Arrow's impossibility theorem]]
* [[Michel Balinski]]- Co-discoverer of the [[Balinski–Young theorem]]
* [[Duncan Black]]- Discoverer of [[Black's method]].
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* [[Steven Brams]]- The leading intellectual proponent of [[approval voting]]
* [[Marquis de Condorcet]]- A discoverer of the [[Condorcet method]]
* [[Partha Dasgupta]] - Researcher of the robustness and strategic susceptibility of majority rule, Borda, and Condorcet, with Maskin.
* [[Henry Richmond Droop]]
* [[Keith Edmonds]] - Discoverer of [[Sequentially Spent Score]], [[Single distributed vote]] and [[STLR voting]]
* [[Peter Fishburn]]- A leading proponent of [[approval voting]]. He and Brams commonly work together.
* [[Michael Gallagher]] - created the [[Gallagher index]]
* [[Allan Gibbard]]- A discoverer of the [[Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem]].
* [[Sean Graham]] - Discoverer of [[Dual member proportional]]
* [[Thomas Hare]]- Discoverer of [[single transferable vote]].
* [[Aanund Hylland]] - Researcher of [[free riding]], in particular [[Free_riding#Hylland_free_riding|Hylland free riding]].
* [[John G. Kemeny]] - Discoverer of the [[Kemeny-Young method]] (with Peyton Young). Also known for co-developing BASIC.
* [[Jan Kok]] - Developer of [https://www.rangevoting.org/kokidea.txt Mechanical Addition]. He also founded the Center for Range Voting jointly with [[Warren Smith]] in 2005.
* [[Ramon Llull]]- A discoverer of the [[Borda count]] and [[Condorcet method]].
* [[Eric Maskin]] - Contributor to the foundations of mechanism theory, and researcher of the robustness of majority rule (with Dasgupta).
* Toby Pereira - A discoverer of the [[Kotze-Pereira transformation]]▼
* [[User:Kristomun|Kristofer Munsterhjelm]] - Discoverer of [[fpA-fpC]] and the [[Reversal symmetry#Implications|DMTBR-Condorcet-Reversal symmetry impossibility proof]].
▲* Jameson Quinn - Discoverer of [[PLACE voting]]
* [[Jack Nagel]] - Penn professor and former Approval proponent, first to use the term "Burr dilemma".
* [[Brian Olson]] - Discoverer of [[Instant Runoff Normalized Ratings]].
▲* [[Toby Pereira]] - A discoverer of the [[Kotze-Pereira transformation]] and [[PAMSAC]]
* [[Lars Edvard Phragmén]] - Developed [[Phragmen's voting rules]]
* [[Jameson Quinn]] - Discoverer of [[PLACE voting]]
* [[Mark Satterthwaite]]- A discoverer of the [[Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem]].
* [[Donald Saari]]- A leading intellectual proponent of the [[Borda count]].
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* [[Markus Schulze]] - Discoverer of the [[Schulze method]] and [[Schulze STV]].
* [[Warren Smith]] - Early proponent of [[Score voting]] and discoverer of [https://rangevoting.org/QualityMulti.html Harmonic Voting]▼
* [[Matthew Shugart]] - Researcher of empirical implications of voting methods, non-proportional and proportional representation (with Rein Taagepera).
* [[Piotr Skowron]] - Discoverer of the [[Method of Equal Shares]] and an expansion of [[Justified representation]] to [[score ballots]]
* [[Alex Small]] - Researcher of classes of voting systems passing the [[favorite betrayal criterion]] using geometric [[win region]] analysis.
▲* [[Warren Smith]] - Early proponent of [[Score voting]] and discoverer of [https://rangevoting.org/QualityMulti.html Harmonic Voting].
* [[Rein Taagepera]] - Researcher of influence of voting methods on party size, other empirical implications of voting methods (with Matthew Shugart).
* [[Nicolaus Tideman]] - Discoverer of [[CPO-STV]], [[Ranked pairs]], and [[Tideman's Alternative methods|Tideman's alternative]].
* [[Thorvald N. Thiele]] - Discoverer of [[sequential proportional approval voting]]
* [[Robert J. Weber]]- The scholar credited with coining the term "''approval voting''" to refer to [[approval voting]] in the early [[w:1970s|1970s]].
* [[Douglas Woodall]] - Researcher of [[free riding]], in particular [[Free_riding#Woodall free riding|Woodall free riding]]. Also known for discovering the [[Descending Acquiescing Coalitions]], [[Descending Solid Coalitions]], and QLTD voting methods; and for defining a number of [[Monotonicity#Woodall's monotonicity criteria|monotonicity criteria]].
* [[Ka-Ping Yee]] - Discoverer of [[Yee diagram]]
* [[H. P. Young]] - Co-discoverer of the [[Balinski–Young theorem]]
* [[Peyton Young]] - Discoverer of the [[Kemeny-Young method]] (with John G. Kemeny) and of [[Young's method]].
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