This paper examines conflicting ballot proposals-two or more measures that run contrary to one another and that citizens vote on in the same election. Sometimes a majority votes in favor of more than one conflicting proposal, generating a legal impasse that courts resolve by applying the "highest vote rule." The rule upholds the proposal that received the greatest number of affirmative votes and invalidates all competing proposals, even though they also garnered majority support. Using spatial models, we show that the proposal receiving the most votes is not systematically closest to the median voter's ideal point, and consequently the rule can generate antimajoritarian outcomes. We discuss the implications of our finding, analyze and rejec...
This paper examines the comparative properties of voting rules based on the richness of their ballot...
Abstract After introducing a way to analyze positional voting outcomes in a spa-tial voting context,...
International audienceConstitutional consistency requires that the voting rule produce the same outc...
Are voters sophisticated? Rational choice theories of voting assume they are. Students of voting beh...
Are voters sophisticated? Rational choice theories of voting assume they are. Students of voting beh...
We introduce some new voting rules based on a spatial version of the median in Rk known as the media...
Can intense preferences be accommodated in voting schemes without shifting power to wealthier citize...
General conclusions relating pairwise tallies with positional (e.g., plurality, antiplurality (``vot...
Voting is in integral part of any functioning democracy, but there exist more than just one way to c...
International audienceThe paper deals with voting rules that require voters to rate the candidates o...
Electoral democracies are built on the idea of representation. The electorate selects politicians to...
Does there exist a voting rule to be, for example, inserted into the constitution of a newly constru...
In this paper, we develop a unified spatial model of turnout and voting behaviors in which citizens ...
International audienceIn this paper, we develop a unified spatial model of turnout and voting behavi...
The voting rule proposed by Basset and Persky (Public Choice 99: 299-310) picks the alternative with...
This paper examines the comparative properties of voting rules based on the richness of their ballot...
Abstract After introducing a way to analyze positional voting outcomes in a spa-tial voting context,...
International audienceConstitutional consistency requires that the voting rule produce the same outc...
Are voters sophisticated? Rational choice theories of voting assume they are. Students of voting beh...
Are voters sophisticated? Rational choice theories of voting assume they are. Students of voting beh...
We introduce some new voting rules based on a spatial version of the median in Rk known as the media...
Can intense preferences be accommodated in voting schemes without shifting power to wealthier citize...
General conclusions relating pairwise tallies with positional (e.g., plurality, antiplurality (``vot...
Voting is in integral part of any functioning democracy, but there exist more than just one way to c...
International audienceThe paper deals with voting rules that require voters to rate the candidates o...
Electoral democracies are built on the idea of representation. The electorate selects politicians to...
Does there exist a voting rule to be, for example, inserted into the constitution of a newly constru...
In this paper, we develop a unified spatial model of turnout and voting behaviors in which citizens ...
International audienceIn this paper, we develop a unified spatial model of turnout and voting behavi...
The voting rule proposed by Basset and Persky (Public Choice 99: 299-310) picks the alternative with...
This paper examines the comparative properties of voting rules based on the richness of their ballot...
Abstract After introducing a way to analyze positional voting outcomes in a spa-tial voting context,...
International audienceConstitutional consistency requires that the voting rule produce the same outc...