Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Borda Count

[Michael Barrett (mbarrett]

Am I alone in my ignorance? Or perhaps I'm just feeling a bit miffed by what
seems a bit like elitism on Sharon's part in assuming that we all know about
the Borda Count.
But, Sharon, while I'm sure it was not intentional, a few words, or a link,
explaining Borda Count would have made me felt more included.  Thank
goodness for Google.

> From Wikipedia:
The Borda count is a single-winner election method in which voters rank
candidates in order of preference. The Borda count determines the winner of
an election by giving each candidate a certain number of points
corresponding to the position in which he or she is ranked by each voter.
Once all votes have been counted the candidate with the most points is the
winner. Because it sometimes elects broadly acceptable candidates, rather
than those preferred by the majority, the Borda count is often described as
a consensus-based electoral system, rather than a majoritarian one.

Michael Barrett
Shadowlake Village - where we just saw some interesting numbers regarding
yesterdays primary

Virginia Democratic Primary turnout = 21.77%
Montgomery County Democratic Primary turnout = 19.37%
Blacksburg F-1 Precinct turnout = 36.73%
Shadowlake Village turnout = 80.77%!!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Villines" <sharon [at] sharonvillines.com>
To: "Cohousing-L Cohousing-L" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: [C-L]_ Borda Count

> How many communities are using the Borda Count to elect members of the
> board?
>
> Sharon
>
> Sharon Villines
> Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
> http://www.takomavillage.org