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The simpler voting systems and methods of deciding elections are discussed, starting with majority and plurality systems, then sequential voting and runoff elections. Preference profiles are defined. The Hare method for simple elections is described, together with the generalizations of the Hare method called instant runoff elections. Condorcet winners are defined, along with Condorcet’s method of dealing with the case when there is no Condorcet winner. Sequential pairwise elections and pointscore methods are outlined.
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Wallis, W.D. (2013). Voting Systems. In: Mathematics in the Real World. Birkhäuser, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8529-2_12
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