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A Modified Borda Count, MBC.
A Borda preferendum or modified Borda count (MBC) is a multi-option voting process for use in decision-making. The procedures cover both the debate which precedes the vote, as well as the vote-and-count. Basically, it is a preference voting procedure by which can be identified that option which gains the highest average preference score. It may also be used as a points system, in which the winner is the outcome with the most points.
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Read on to learn more about Borda voting systems. In decision-making, the outcome is usually a single decision (social choice), a single complex (as in a budget), or a prioritisation (social ranking). Here we explain three Borda methodologies: the MBC for decision-making; the Quota Borda System, QBS, as an electoral system; and the matrix vote, which can be used in governance.
Read moreInclusive Politics
Unlike the very inaccurate majority vote, the MBC is a most precise measure of collective opinion. Furthermore, the methodology is non-majoritarian. At best, the outcome is the option with the highest average preference score, and an average, of course, involves every voter, not just a majority of them. If the MBC were to be adopted, therefore, it would spell the end of majoritarianism - majority rule by majority vote. In its stead, it would herald the beginning of a new norm: inclusive forms of governance under all-party coalitions. This app, then, is part of the means by which modern parliaments can function in a manner more suited to modern plural societies.
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The next book - From Majority Rule to Inclusive Politics -will be published by Springer shortly.
A seminar on this theme will be held in Queen's University on 10th Feb 2016, with Prof. John Barry, Dr. Katy Hayward, Prof. John Morison and Tommy Sands. This will be followed by a workshop in Stormont, (tbc).
A launch will be held in Dublin on 23rd Feb, with Prof. John Baker, Cllr. Dermot Lacey, Dr Vanessa Liston, and Andy Pollak.