A new book on the US voting system, reviewed by Salon, looks at Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem - “There is no consistent method by which a democratic society can make a choice (when voting) that is always fair when that choice must be made from among 3 or more alternatives.” It considers alternative voting systems that could be used to improve the fairness of US election results.

(More on the book.)

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