Binary Voting with Delegable Proxy: An Analysis of Liquid Democracy
It addresses theoretical challenges in voting systems for political science and computational social choice, but is incremental as it builds on existing analysis.
The paper analyzes delegable proxy voting (liquid democracy) within binary aggregation theory, identifying issues like delegation cycles and effects on individual rationality with interdependent propositions, and suggests modifications to address these problems.
The paper provides an analysis of the voting method known as delegable proxy voting, or liquid democracy. The analysis first positions liquid democracy within the theory of binary aggregation. It then focuses on two issues of the system: the occurrence of delegation cycles; and the effect of delegations on individual rationality when voting on logically interdependent propositions. It finally points to proposals on how the system may be modified in order to address the above issues.