A Voting System for Internet Based Democracy

Abstract. A lot of research has been spent on the process of decision making in large groups. While we easily nd widely accepted solutions within groups of friends, the process somehow does not scale up to larger and more distant groups of individuals. Some of problems have been attributed to the multiple dilemmas known in voting theory. This paper introduces an interactive voting game that avoids the loss of pareto optimallity and the inuence of voting tactics that is based on non-public ballots cast by peer voters. At its down side it might be subject to nonconverging voting behaviour and not produce a nal result within a conned time frame. 1 The Social Dilemma The social dilemma, often described as the prisoners dilemma, is said to be the fundamental problem of social cooperation. If the social dilemma is present, the group decision will not be pareto optimal, due to the individuals pursuing their self interests. This section explains that the social dilemma is present in a when voting on a number of interconnected issues in a separate vote