Approval Voting in de praktijk

[Ad Huikeshoven]

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Herman,
Voor je informatie hieronder een (lang) citaat uit
<http://bcn.boulder.co.us/government/approvalvote/goodsoc.html>
http://bcn.boulder.co.us/government/approvalvote/goodsoc.html over
positieve ervaringen met Approval Voting:
"Probably the best-known official elected by AV today is the
secretary-general of the United Nations. AV has been used in internal
elections by the political parties in some states, such as Pennsylvania.
Bills to implement AV have been introduced in several state
legislatures. In l987, a bill to enact AV in certain statewide elections
passed the Senate but not the House in North Dakota. In l990, Oregon
used AV in a statewide advisory referendum on school financing, which
presented voters with five different options and allowed them to vote
for as many as they wished.
In l987 and l988, several scientific and engineering societies
inaugurated the use of AV. It has worked well in finding consensus
candidates, and all the societies continue to use it today. These
societies are:
* The Mathematical Association of America (MAA), with about 32,000
members;
* The Institute of Management Science (TIMS), with about 7,000 members;
* The American Statistical Association (ASA), with about 15,000 members;

* The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), with
about 320,000 members.
In addition, the Econometric Society has used AV (with certain
emendations) to elect fellows since l980; likewise, since l981 the
selection of members of the National Academy of Sciences at the final
stage of balloting has been based on AV. Coupled with many colleges and
universities that now use AV--from the departmental level to the
school-wide level--it is no exaggeration to say that several hundred
thousand individuals have had direct experience with AV."


Met vriendelijke groeten,

Ad Huikeshoven
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