The new method, called the Borda count voting system, gives each candidate a number of points corresponding to the number of candidates ranked below them. It's meant to simplify the process.

With this requirement, the Borda count method and the range voting method would be equivalent. To be precise about our scoring presented in the graph, a top choice gets a score of 0, second choice ...

Modified Borda Count: In full ballots, a first preference gets four points, a second preference gets three, and so on. The final scores are w -33, x -32, y -42, z -43, so this time z wins.

A voting method is the procedure at the heart of an election that specifies what information is to be gathered from voters, and how that collected information is to be utilized to determine the ...

In yesterday’s post, I described how an approval voting system could be used to determine shareholder preferences. The Borda count system is another system that also could provide more accurate ...