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  1. @gordonmcdowell @chris

    The majority of experts who testified at the ERRE committee gave evidence that proportional representation was the best option for meeting the committee's goals. No one disputed this. That was the consensus. Further, prior to the committee meetings, the members had meetings with Canadians across the country. Most Canadians that the committee members met with cited PR as their preference for electoral reform.

    The Liberal members of the committee, however, ignored the evidence and, in the end, chose to inexplicably advocate for Alternative Vote (which, besides a different ballot, is basically the same as FPTP, in that it is a single member riding winner-take-all system --> winner take all is the problem). This led to Maryam Monsef's idiotic ridicule of the Gallagher Index. Ignoring evidence and ridiculing science is often seen with right wing parties. Under no circumstances should either the GPC or the NDP partake in such nonsense.

    #cdnpoli #electoralreform #proportionalrepresentation

  2. Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it | Polly Toynbee
    By Polly Toynbee

    The prime minister has lifted the spirits of the public and party members, and must use that goodwill to push through change

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #Electoralreform #Proportionalrepresentation #Firstpastthepost #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Labour #TheGuardian #PollyToynbee

  3. Ontario PR supporters: here is a concrete action.

    If you support proportional representation and are eligible to join the Ontario Liberal Party, join through the official OLP page:

    action.ontarioliberal.ca/f/join

    Then contact EVERY leadership candidate. Tell them you joined and that support for PR and cross-party cooperation will influence your leadership vote.

    2/3

    Eric Lombardi
    ericforolp.ca
    [email protected]

    Dylan Marando
    votefordylan.ca
    [email protected]

    Lee Fairclough
    leefairclough.ca
    [email protected]

    Navdeep Bains
    navdeepbains.ca
    [email protected]

    Stephanie Bowman
    stephaniebowman.ca
    [email protected]

    Candidate positions are still evolving. That makes now the time to push.

    A quiet supporter is easy to overlook. An organized bloc of new members writing every campaign is not.

    #ProRep #Democracy
    #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #ONpoli

  4. Virginia becomes the 19th state to enact National Popular Vote for President.

    The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has now been enacted by 19 jurisdictions possessing 222 of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate it.

    #NationalPopularVote #USpol #USpolitics #ElectoralReform #ElectoralCollege #NPVIC

    myemail.constantcontact.com/Vi

  5. Only 0.8% of the US congress aren't in the two major parties

    Under Ranked Choice Voting
    21.9% of the Australian house of representatives aren't in the two major parties.
    The Papua New Guinea parliament has more than 25 parties with RCV

    There aren't that many nations using RCV because most skip to a better proportional system, but I can't see any reason to believe RCV wouldn't be a huge improvement over the current 2 centuries of duopoly control.

    #rcv #irv #ElectoralReform #uspol

  6. Fascinating #UKelection analysis from the #ElectoralReform Society:

    Even with so much tactical voting (where voters don't pick their true preference, and instead are guessing what other voters are going to do based on imperfect polling and trying to game the system in a dismal electoral Prisoner's Dilemma) we still see that most MPs were elected with a minority of the vote. Most voters voted for candidates that did not win.

    The #FirstPastThePost system needs to go. #ProportionalRepresentation

  7. Big news: Maine joins the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact! The inter-state agreement now includes states with 209 electoral votes, and will come into effect when enough states join that include 270 votes. Making progress!

    thehill.com/homenews/state-wat

    #NationalPopularVote #NPVIC #ElectoralCollege #uspol #uspolitics #ElectoralReform

  8. "Maine votes to join multi-state agreement to elect the president by popular vote"

    It's not passed into law yet, but seems likely at this point.

    This map shows a credible path to achieving 270 votes before the 2028 election. If you're in one of the blue states on this map, please write to your state legislators and governor!

    dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/13

    #NationalPopularVote #NPVIC #ElectoralCollege #ElectoralReform #uspol #Maine