Voting systems are methods (algorithms) for groups of people to select one or more options from many, taking into account the individual preferences of the group members.

Single Winner Systems

• Approval voting

• Borda count

• Condorcet methods

• Coombs' method

• Copeland's method

• First-past-the-post (also called Plurality or Relative Majority)

• Preferential or Instant Runoff Voting (also called Alternative Vote)

• Range voting

• Runoff voting

Multiple Winner Systems

• Multiple Winner Systems (not party-list)

  • Proportional approval voting

  • Block voting

  • Borda count

  • Cumulative voting

  • Single non-transferable vote

  • Single transferable vote ([STV])

• Party-list proportional representation. Allocation methods:

  • d'Hondt method

  • largest remainder method

  • Sainte-Lague method

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