Consensus voting

Writer and political activist Peter Emerson argues for an alternative to the prevailing model of voting

by Peter Emerson 14th June 2013

Many people think that democratic decisions may be taken either in consensus – by which they mean a verbal consensus – or by voting and here they mean a majority vote. On any contentious topic, such as when there may be a number of options ‘on the table’, the two processes could facilitate the identification of quite different results. Something is obviously wrong.