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EstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0834 · as of 2026-10-30 · about: Liquid democracy · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team

“Kahng, Mackenzie and Procaccia proved that local delegation mechanisms cannot guarantee to be at least as likely as direct voting to choose the correct alternative, even when voters delegate only to better-informed voters; a centrally designed non-local mechanism can.”

Context. A formal result in a stylised model with one correct and one incorrect alternative.

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