The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention
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Resumo: | We analyze single binary-choice voting rules and identify the presence of the No-show paradox in this simple setting, as a consequence of specific turnout or quorum conditions that are included in actual rules. Since these conditions are meant to ensure a representative outcome, we try to formalize this concern and reach our main result: no voting rule can ensure representation if abstention is possible, unless specific restrictive assumptions are made on the preference domain of abstainers. We then focus on the main referendum systems and show that appropriate restrictions do make them compatible with representation. The main purpose of our paper is, however, to provide a tool for referendum design. Unawareness of the fact that defining a representative voting system necessarily entails restrictions on the preference domain of non-voters may lead to the imposition of restrictions that do not satisfy any deliberate criteria and generate such problems as the No-show paradox. We therefore recommend instead that a conscious choice be made on how abstention is to be interpreted and that this choice be used as a tool to derive the corresponding referendum rule |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstentionReferendumRepresentative Voting SystemAbstentionWe analyze single binary-choice voting rules and identify the presence of the No-show paradox in this simple setting, as a consequence of specific turnout or quorum conditions that are included in actual rules. Since these conditions are meant to ensure a representative outcome, we try to formalize this concern and reach our main result: no voting rule can ensure representation if abstention is possible, unless specific restrictive assumptions are made on the preference domain of abstainers. We then focus on the main referendum systems and show that appropriate restrictions do make them compatible with representation. The main purpose of our paper is, however, to provide a tool for referendum design. Unawareness of the fact that defining a representative voting system necessarily entails restrictions on the preference domain of non-voters may lead to the imposition of restrictions that do not satisfy any deliberate criteria and generate such problems as the No-show paradox. We therefore recommend instead that a conscious choice be made on how abstention is to be interpreted and that this choice be used as a tool to derive the corresponding referendum ruleRepositório da Universidade de LisboaCôrte-Real, Paulo P.Pereira, Paulo Trigo2022-01-04T20:52:43Z20022002-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22903engCôrte-Real, Paulo P. e Paulo Trigo Pereira. 2002. " The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention". Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - DE Working papers nº 4-2002/DE/CISEP0874-4548info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-03-06T14:52:26Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/22903Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T17:07:14.867494Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention Côrte-Real, Paulo P. Referendum Representative Voting System Abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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The voter who wasn't there: referenda, representation and abstention |
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Côrte-Real, Paulo P. |
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Côrte-Real, Paulo P. Pereira, Paulo Trigo |
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Pereira, Paulo Trigo |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Côrte-Real, Paulo P. Pereira, Paulo Trigo |
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Referendum Representative Voting System Abstention |
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Referendum Representative Voting System Abstention |
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We analyze single binary-choice voting rules and identify the presence of the No-show paradox in this simple setting, as a consequence of specific turnout or quorum conditions that are included in actual rules. Since these conditions are meant to ensure a representative outcome, we try to formalize this concern and reach our main result: no voting rule can ensure representation if abstention is possible, unless specific restrictive assumptions are made on the preference domain of abstainers. We then focus on the main referendum systems and show that appropriate restrictions do make them compatible with representation. The main purpose of our paper is, however, to provide a tool for referendum design. Unawareness of the fact that defining a representative voting system necessarily entails restrictions on the preference domain of non-voters may lead to the imposition of restrictions that do not satisfy any deliberate criteria and generate such problems as the No-show paradox. We therefore recommend instead that a conscious choice be made on how abstention is to be interpreted and that this choice be used as a tool to derive the corresponding referendum rule |
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