#electoralreform — Public Fediverse posts
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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.
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Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it | Polly Toynbee
By Polly ToynbeeThe prime minister has lifted the spirits of the public and party members, and must use that goodwill to push through change
#Electoralreform #Proportionalrepresentation #Firstpastthepost #AndyBurnham #Politics #UKnews #Labour #TheGuardian #PollyToynbee
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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:
https://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.
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Eric Lombardi
https://ericforolp.ca
[email protected]Dylan Marando
https://votefordylan.ca
[email protected]Lee Fairclough
https://leefairclough.ca
[email protected]Navdeep Bains
https://navdeepbains.ca
[email protected]Stephanie Bowman
https://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 -
The Irony Of Independence Day
No fireworks tonight in Somerset County, so I'm sitting with Juneteenth, July 4th, and the ugly overlap between the two. -
My thoughts in hashtags.
#StopCorporateWelfare
#IncreaseWealthTaxes
#PutPoliticiansInPrison
#DisruptTheRichAndHeartless
#BoycottIsrael
#DeathToNazis
#FeedTheHungry
#HouseTheHomeless
#ACAB
#UBINow
#ElectoralReform
#MakeFascistsFearful
#DOXFascists
#BuildMutualAidCommunities
#ResistanceIsCitizensDuty
#BanishBillionaires
#TaxChurches
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CW: UKpol
The Tory leadership election has become even more farcical with the surprise loss of James Cleverly. If only there were a better way to select a winner than first past the post or rounds of voting.*
* There is. It's called Single Transferable Vote / Ranked Preference Voting.
#JamesCleverly #UKpol #UKpolitics #ElectoralReform #SingleTransferableVote #UKconservatives #ConservativeParty #Tories #ToryLeadershipRace
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The Center for Election Science is looking for an Executive Director (or rather "CEO" is what they're calling it now). It's a non-profit that could use some diversity in its upper ranks. @brainwane : I'm especially interested in what you think that "#CES" (or #C4ES) should do, but really many of my #SF -based friends would probably be good choices https://electionscience.org/about/careers-and-board/ #Electorama #electowiki #nonprofit #electoralreform #California #CA #SFBay #SanFrancisco #ChicoCA #CovinaCA #Covina