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A vot­ing the­ory primer for rationalists

Jameson QuinnApr 12, 2018, 3:15 PM
234 points
99 comments17 min readLW link2 reviews

5 gen­eral vot­ing patholo­gies: lesser names of Moloch

Jameson QuinnApr 13, 2018, 6:38 PM
73 points
16 comments10 min readLW link

Max­i­mal Lot­tery-Lotteries

Scott GarrabrantOct 17, 2022, 8:39 PM
72 points
15 comments4 min readLW link

Multi-win­ner Vot­ing: a ques­tion of Alignment

Jameson QuinnApr 17, 2018, 6:51 PM
43 points
19 comments12 min readLW link

De­con­struct­ing 321 Voting

abramdemskiNov 26, 2020, 3:35 AM
40 points
5 comments6 min readLW link

I’m Vot­ing For Ranked Choice, But I Don’t Like It

jefftkSep 20, 2020, 6:40 PM
32 points
12 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

A Vot­ing Puz­zle, Some Poli­ti­cal Science, and a Nerd Failure Mode

ChrisHallquistOct 10, 2013, 2:10 AM
142 points
181 comments17 min readLW link

Thoughts on Vot­ing Methods

abramdemskiNov 17, 2020, 8:23 PM
61 points
24 comments5 min readLW link

Im­perfect Vot­ing Systems

Scott AlexanderJul 20, 2012, 12:07 AM
63 points
92 comments6 min readLW link

Quadratic vot­ing for the 2018 Review

Ben PaceDec 20, 2019, 10:59 PM
39 points
42 comments5 min readLW link

Why Ranked Choice Vot­ing Isn’t Great

jefftkOct 19, 2019, 11:10 AM
21 points
28 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

[not on­go­ing] Thoughts on Pro­por­tional vot­ing methods

Jameson QuinnJul 22, 2020, 2:46 AM
32 points
53 comments46 min readLW link

Is vot­ing the­ory im­por­tant? An at­tempt to check my bias.

Jameson QuinnFeb 17, 2019, 11:45 PM
42 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

Im­por­tant open prob­lems in voting

Closed Limelike CurvesJul 1, 2024, 2:53 AM
33 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Prob­lems with us­ing ap­proval vot­ing to elect to a multi-in­di­vi­d­ual body?

RyanCareySep 28, 2021, 11:03 AM
8 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Quadratic Vot­ing and Collusion

leogaoNov 17, 2021, 12:19 AM
41 points
24 comments2 min readLW link

Why Hunt­ing­ton-Hill?

jefftkOct 25, 2020, 12:50 AM
17 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Are defer­ence games a thing?

Daniel KokotajloApr 18, 2022, 8:57 AM
32 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Gam­ing Democracy

FroolowJul 30, 2014, 9:45 AM
14 points
27 comments6 min readLW link

Easy fix­ing Voting

Charbel-RaphaëlOct 2, 2022, 5:03 PM
12 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Multi-Win­ner 3-2-1 Voting

Yoav RavidOct 30, 2023, 3:31 AM
14 points
6 comments3 min readLW link

Nash Score for Vot­ing Techniques

abramdemskiNov 26, 2020, 7:29 PM
20 points
12 comments6 min readLW link

Max­i­mal Lotteries

Scott GarrabrantOct 17, 2022, 8:54 AM
77 points
11 comments7 min readLW link

Vot­ing The­ory Introduction

Scott GarrabrantOct 17, 2022, 8:48 AM
80 points
8 comments6 min readLW link

Au­mann vot­ing; or, How to vote when you’re ignorant

PhilGoetzApr 2, 2009, 6:54 PM
12 points
37 comments2 min readLW link

Propin­quity Cities So Far

mako yassNov 16, 2020, 11:12 PM
24 points
48 comments20 min readLW link

Prefer­ence Ag­gre­ga­tion as Bayesian Inference

berenJul 27, 2023, 5:59 PM
14 points
1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What Are Your Prefer­ences Re­gard­ing The FLI Let­ter?

JenniferRMApr 1, 2023, 4:52 AM
−4 points
122 comments16 min readLW link

Votes-per-Dollar

Adam GoldingApr 10, 2023, 2:20 AM
−20 points
20 comments1 min readLW link
(adamgolding.substack.com)

Vot­ing is like donat­ing thou­sands of dol­lars to charity

AcademianNov 5, 2012, 1:02 AM
41 points
206 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Vot­ing-like mechanisms which ad­dress size of prefer­ences?

abramdemskiMar 18, 2021, 11:23 PM
36 points
29 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] “New EA cause area: vot­ing”; or, “what’s wrong with this calcu­la­tion?”

Optimization ProcessFeb 26, 2021, 4:50 PM
18 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

Ranked Choice Vot­ing is Ar­bi­trar­ily Bad

AppliedDivinityStudiesApr 5, 2021, 6:44 AM
10 points
10 comments4 min readLW link

Trans­form­ing Democ­racy: A Unique Fund­ing Op­por­tu­nity for US Fed­eral Ap­proval Voting

Aaron HamlinJun 28, 2023, 10:07 PM
25 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

(Geo­met­ri­cally) Max­i­mal Lot­tery-Lot­ter­ies Exist

LorxusMay 3, 2024, 7:29 PM
13 points
11 comments26 min readLW link

Democ­racy be­yond majoritarianism

Arturo MaciasSep 3, 2024, 3:10 PM
5 points
2 comments4 min readLW link

(Geo­met­ri­cally) Max­i­mal Lot­tery-Lot­ter­ies Are Prob­a­bly Not Unique

LorxusMay 10, 2024, 4:00 PM
16 points
1 comment14 min readLW link

Why not par­li­a­men­tar­i­anism? [book by Ti­ago Ribeiro dos San­tos]

Arturo MaciasJul 8, 2024, 2:57 PM
2 points
1 comment4 min readLW link

Thoughts On Democracy

Zero ContradictionsAug 4, 2024, 6:02 AM
2 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(zerocontradictions.net)

Four Levels of Vot­ing Methods

hiveSep 26, 2024, 6:15 PM
17 points
3 comments9 min readLW link
(hiveism.substack.com)

Should we ab­stain from vot­ing? (In non­de­ter­minis­tic elec­tions)

B JacobsOct 2, 2024, 10:07 AM
5 points
6 comments4 min readLW link
(bobjacobs.substack.com)

Agenda Manipulation

PazzazNov 9, 2024, 2:13 PM
2 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ity of demon­strat­ing & voting

bfinnNov 7, 2018, 12:09 AM
24 points
21 comments8 min readLW link

In­di­vi­d­ual Ra­tion­al­ity Needn’t Gen­er­al­ize to Ra­tional Consensus

Akshat MahajanMay 4, 2020, 10:53 PM
42 points
17 comments4 min readLW link

Vot­ing Phase of 2018 LW Re­view

Ben PaceJan 8, 2020, 3:35 AM
51 points
29 comments4 min readLW link

Poli­tics as Charity

CarlShulmanSep 23, 2010, 5:33 AM
37 points
165 comments8 min readLW link

Ar­row’s The­o­rem is a Lie

alyssavanceOct 24, 2009, 8:46 PM
43 points
64 comments5 min readLW link

Storable Votes with a Pay as you win mechanism: a con­tri­bu­tion for in­sti­tu­tional design

Arturo MaciasMar 11, 2024, 3:58 PM
17 points
19 comments2 min readLW link

Strat­e­gyproof Mechanisms: Possibilities

badgerJun 2, 2014, 2:26 AM
42 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Split-a-Dol­lar Game

Martin SustrikAug 24, 2020, 4:54 AM
29 points
0 comments2 min readLW link

Prac­ti­cal post on 4 #ProRep meth­ods (Pro­por­tional Rep­re­sen­ta­tion)

Jameson QuinnJan 9, 2021, 2:56 PM
37 points
12 comments11 min readLW link

Tak­ing Good Heart To­kens Se­ri­ously, So Help Me God

Jackson WagnerApr 1, 2022, 11:29 PM
33 points
4 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Quadratic vot­ing with au­to­matic col­lu­sion?

SarahNibsApr 25, 2022, 4:15 PM
10 points
5 comments1 min readLW link

Open Prob­lem in Vot­ing Theory

Scott GarrabrantOct 17, 2022, 8:42 PM
75 points
16 comments6 min readLW link

Le­gal Brief: Plu­ral­ity Vot­ing is Unconstitutional

c.troutOct 21, 2022, 4:55 AM
6 points
20 comments11 min readLW link
(medium.com)

De­ci­sion mak­ing un­der model am­bi­guity, moral un­cer­tainty, and other agents with free will?

Jobst HeitzigNov 13, 2022, 12:50 PM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Fair Col­lec­tive Effi­cient Altruism

Jobst HeitzigNov 25, 2022, 9:38 AM
2 points
1 comment5 min readLW link
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