What is the best voting system in the world?

Depends on the purpose. For a single-outcome decision (e.g. electing a president), I agree with Kyle Pearson's answer: it should be a Condorcet method, i.e. any method guaranteed to find the Condorcet winner whenever there is one. read more

From a security point of view the best voting system in the world is hand-marked paper ballots. The ballots can be speed-counted on a preliminary axis by machine, but the counts must be verified and audited by human examination of a large enough random sample of the original paper ballots to assure (to a predetermined level of confidence) that the machine counts are correct. read more

A voting system is a way of translating the individual voters' preferences into preferences for the whole constituency. Arrow set up a list of requirements thought desirable for a voting system in general, and the type of voting which should take place. read more

It is hypocrisy to only support democracy if the party you want wins and then turn away if your opponents win. We should choose the fairest and most democratic electoral system, not the one that best benefits our party while harming the parties we don’t like. The second system is the party list system. read more