New electoral systems and old referendums

Gabrielle Demange (1)

1 PJSE - Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques

I discuss the future of electoral systems' design. Two routes are worth investigating. First, new voting procedures can be designed and implemented due to new computing and communication facilities. I illustrate with two positive recent experiments in France and Switzerland. Second, the well-known old referendum needs to be investigated more thoroughly, especially because it is being increasingly popular in a variety of situations. I discuss some issues and directions for its improvement.

Mots clés: Approval voting; New Apportionment Procedure; bi-apportionment; referendum

Domaines: Économie et finance quantitative [q-fin]; Economies et finances

Gabrielle Demange. New electoral systems and old referendums. 2018. ⟨hal-01852206⟩