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Precinct Summability
In election science, a voting method satisfies the summability criterion if it is possible to tally election results locally by Polling station, precinct, then calculate the results by adding up all the votes. More formally, the compilation or summation complexity of a voting system measures the difficulty of vote counting for individual Polling station, precincts, and is equal to the smallest number of Bit, bits needed to summarize all the votes. A voting method is called summable if the number of bits grows as a PSPACE, polynomial function of the number of candidates. Often, a group has to accept a decision, but not all the votes can be gathered together in a single location. In such a situation, we need to take the votes of the present voters and summarize them such that, when the other votes arrive, we can determine the winner. The compilation complexity of a voting-rule is the smallest number of bits required for the summary. A key advantage of low compilation complexity is i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election Science
Election science is a field that deals with the conduct and administration of Election, elections. It is distinct from the study of public opinion and election forecasting (which fall under political science and psephology). Election science combines the theoretical study of social choice theory (a branch of math and welfare economics) with empirical research dealing with the administration of elections (a branch of political science). The study of election science can be traced back to early scientific studies of electoral systems and particularly the development of the field of social choice theory, including the Marquis de Condorcet's analysis of Electoral system, electoral systems in the 18th century. The field came into being following the 2000 United States presidential election, where several administrative and technical failures may have affected the outcome of the election. Examples of subjects where election science methods are applied include gerrymandering, electoral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |