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Ed Maklouf

What can be said about the different numbers and quantities used in voting systems?  Is voting scalable, does it work the same way for 60 people as for 60 million?  What is implied by the numbers used in juries, panels of judges, etc.  What is the precise meaning of the threshold for winning an election?  

This topic may be of interest to those who are suspicious of the maths used in elections, democracy, and discourse. We can debunk assumptions about majorities that frequently pop up in internet arguments, but also review at the aristocracy of voting intellectuals and academia: Kenneth Arrow, Amartya Sen, Rousseau and others, and see whether their assumptions about the meaning of different vote counts hold water.