Peter Emerson

Director: de Borda Institute
NGO; lectures on electronic preference voting decision-making in Belfast, Moscow and Beijing; travels overland：good, хорошо，很好 ！

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Open Britain Team is promoting a petition for PR-STV. (But no mention of the Quota Borda System QBS. While FPTP prohibits, and PR-STV allows, QBS actually encourages voters to cast their preferences, to vote across the gender gap, the party divide, and even the sectarian chasm.

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes https://t.co/YZKRklDSmZ And ask ERS to also critique binary decision-making.

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

A Borda border poll. Sat Aug 3rd, 11 am: a role-play in electronic multi-option decision-making: folks propose options, and then cast their preferences on these options on their mobile phones. A few nano-seconds later, they will see the results. More on https://t.co/3JCjnrqTK2

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Politics is adversarial. It need not be so. Indeed, it should not be... (read on).
https://t.co/fjMPCuxG9t

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

'Politics, its Science, and the Prevention of Wars'
https://t.co/ORVRNYr4up

Majority voting is exclusive... and primitive! In PLURAL democracies, controversies are multi-optional; so voting should be preferential... and inclusive!

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

"Consensus and Climate Change" has just been published in the journal OJPS, which is based in China, in Wuhan: https://t.co/H3jckSt8EI
All set for COP28... perhaps.

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Given the king's cares for the environment, will be restrict the guest list for his coronation to those who can attend without flying?

[Springernomics @Springernomics]

Interested to learn about multiple ways of #voting in a #democratic system and #electoral reforms for #parliaments and? Read The Punters' Guide to Democracy (https://t.co/oq5ZLDUX9O) by Peter Emerson
@GreenPartyNI @PeterEmersondeB @theEPCS

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Israel. Is today's extreme right-wing 'majority' democratic? Was the 2017 DUP/Tory govt. democratic? Or the 2010 govt. in the Netherlands with the Freedom Party? Or the Austrian one with theirs in 1999? Would all-party coalitions be better, if only for Covid and Climate Change?

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Nigeria, elections. 75% didn't vote for Obi, 71% not for Abubakar, 63% not for Tinubu. So Tinubu wins? Majority rule? It's time for preferential voting and power-sharing!

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Ukraine: the causes and lessons of war. https://t.co/fASNeKdRk8

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Is it wise to use such an adversarial and unAfrican electoral system in Nigeria? Why not the original US system: the winner becomes the President; the runner-up is the Vice?

[Irish Politics Forum @polref_Ireland]

Presentation of The Punter’s Guide to Democracy at Áras an Uachtaráin https://t.co/GKC9mWyAyM

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Brexit was binary. If, however...

https://t.co/KT6Mad4Bix

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

I was honoured to present my book, The Punters' Guide to Democracy, to @PresidentIRL Michael D Higgins this afternoon. @springerpub

https://t.co/VUZulRQ5J5

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Second book presentation at Áras!

[President of Ireland @PresidentIRL]

President Higgins this afternoon received Peter Emerson, Director of the de Borda Institute, on a courtesy call at Áras an Uachtaráin, who presented the President with a copy of his book "The Punters' Guide to Democracy"

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

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[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

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[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Settlements on West Bank, de-forestation in Amazon, oil drilling in Alaska? In a democracy, nothing should happen if no consensus. Every party/faction may propose an option, debate all, and in 4-6 option ballots, all cast preferences to see which option has the highest average!

[Peter Emerson @PeterEmersondeB]

Israel's majority of extremists coalition. Is democratic? Bolsonaro, Trump both ruled a majority; was either democratic? Covid, Climate Change advocate real majority rule: all-party coalitions, consensus decisions only: options which get the highest average preference scores.