Peter Emerson

Peter Emerson is the director of The de Borda Institute (http://www.deborda.org/), a Northern Ireland-based NGO, which aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questio

Why Ireland needs to look beyond a binary referendum on unification

As the short, disastrous history of majority voting shows, we can and should find more nuanced options for decision-making

By Peter Emerson

/ 15 Aug 2021

Why Ireland needs to look beyond a binary referendum on unification

Brexit is not binary

Meaningful votes mean less and less. Indeed, outcomes of binary ballots can be fake!

By Peter Emerson

/ 18 Mar 2019

For the people to have their say on Brexit, how best can the multi-option conundrum be resolved?

If the problem is multi-optional, the question should be multi-optional, and the ballot paper should be a (short) list, usually of about 4 – 6 options.

By Peter Emerson

/ 27 Nov 2018