Democracy resources

Some resources on improving democracy, and the mechanisms used to implement it.

Preferential vote systems

• Single Transferable Vote (STV) - general introduction
• Discussion on introducing STV in the Netherlands (in Dutch)
• Using STV to compose numbered party lists (in Dutch)
• The drawbacks of Borda for composing numbered party lists (in Dutch)
• Discussion on STV for party lists on the election methods mailing list
• Flaws in the French presidential election system (letter to FT)
• Accurate Democracy website, different voting systems made clear using graphs, simulations etc.

Direct democracy

• European referendum campaign
• Dutch referendum campaign
• Referendum Platform, the Dutch pro-referendum movement (excellent links section)
• Dutch government information on national referendum possibilities
• Resources on direct democracy in Switzerland and the world
• Sociological research on democracy in Switzerland (many articles on-line)
• Referendums can help EU to connect to citizens (letter to FT)
• Direct democracy and women's voting rights