Voting system

Famous theoreticians of voting systems

• Kenneth Arrow mathematically demonstrated the limitations of voting systems.
• Jean-Charles de Borda devised the Borda count in 1770.
• The Marquis de Condorcet proposed the method of pairwise comparison and Condorcet methods, and discovered the Condorcet paradox, in 1785.
• Thomas Hare devised Single Transferable Vote, also known as the Hare method.
• Andrew Inglis Clark promoted the use of STV in Tasmania.
• Steven Brams was one of the inventors and chief academic proponents of Approval Voting.
• Peter Fishburn gave multiple proofs demonstrating the mathematical possibilities of voting systems.
• Maurice Duverger observed the effects of proportional versus majoritarian systems, including Duverger's Law.
• Alan Gibbard and Mark Satterthwaite demonstrated, in the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem, that any deterministic voting system with three or more alternatives is subject to either some form of dictatorship or strategic voting.
• Victor d'Hondt devised a method of seat allocation under proportional representation.
• Charles Dodgson, also known as Lewis Carroll, studied various aspects of pairwise voting and proposed a simple Condorcet method called Dodgson's method.
• Edward J. Nanson devised Nanson's method.
• Donald G. Saari devised new methods for mathematical analysis of positional voting systems.
• Nicolaus Tideman proposed ranked pairs, the independence of clones criterion and the CPO-STV proportional representation method.