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@bobjonkman Maria and I were in the car the other day changing radio channels and heard you on the radio (#fairvote).

Available now to teachers everywhere and developed in Ontario Canada.

A Fair Vote? Rights, Responsibilities, and Decision-Making in a Democracy is an exciting new resource for Grade 5 Social Studies teachers, which was developed by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto and Fair Vote Canada.

This resource supports Strand B of the Social Studies curriculum on the Role of Government and Responsible Citizenship. The curriculum resource invites students to consider alternatives to our First-Past-the-Post voting system. Consisting of three lessons with accompanying slideshows, it concludes with students holding a mock Citizens' Assembly to determine what changes could be made to our voting system.

#fairvote #fairvotecanada #canpoli #canadianpolitics #education #EducationNews #teaching #teachingresources

https://www.fairvote.ca/teacher-resources/

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Strategic voting isn’t strategy — it’s survival under a broken system.
This piece nails the undemocratic cost of FPTP & why we *must* push for proportional representation in Canada.
Go read it, then let’s finally fix this mess.
📌 https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/the-strategic-voting-election-and-its-undemocratic-consequences
#Elxn44 #cdnpoli #ProRep #FairVote

Canada doesn’t need another false majority near miss — we need real democracy. This is the article to read right now. 🔥
We need proportional representation, not strategic voting traps.
👉 https://www.fairvote.ca/29/04/2025/canada-election-proportional-representation/
#cdnpoli #ProRep #FairVote

Hey #WashingtonState voters, we have one more day to get the #RankedChoiceVoting bill out of committee in the state legislature. Please take a moment to call the Legislative Hotline at (800) 562-6000 and register your support for the Washington VOICES Act, HB 1448!

Here's a link to the bill: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1448&Year=2025

And here is FairVote Washington's one-pager: https://fairvotewa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/FairVote-WA_Washington-VOICES-Act_012225.pdf

#FairVote #FairVoteWA #wapoli #waleg #RCV

A constitutional amendment giving people the right to vote goes a long way to preventing #scotus from further eroding our rights. Maybe it’s hard to accomplish nationally at the present with all the hyperpartisanship but we can start to work on it at the state level.

Is there a right to vote in your state’s constitution?

#constitutionalamendment #righttovote #fairvote

https://fairvote.org/archives/reform_library-right_to_vote_amendment/

Nice coverage of the Whatcom County chapter of FairVote Washington in the local university paper, The Western Front:

"Post-election gathering sparks hope for democracy in Bellingham: FairVote WA provides a space for discussion on ranked-choice voting and electoral reform"

https://www.thefrontonline.com/article/2024/11/drinks-with-democracy-dreamers

#FairVote #FairVoteWA #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #RankedChoiceVoting #WWU

Electoral reform was on the ballot in several states this election.
-- Why did these measures fail?

Americans in several states rejected ballot initiatives to curb extreme partisan gerrymandering and implement open primaries and ranked-choice voting.

Ohio voters decisively rejected a ballot measure that would have stripped lawmakers of their ability to draw electoral districts and given it to a 15-person bipartisan commission of ordinary citizens.

The vote came after Republicans, who control the legislature and redistricting process, ignored the state supreme court seven times to draw districts that heavily favored Republicans.

Voters in seven states – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and South Dakota – all rejected ballot measures that would have done away with party primaries and replaced them with a non-partisan primary in which the top vote-getters would advance to the general election.
Several of the measures would have implemented ranked-choice voting for the general election.

The defeats were somewhat surprising.
Ballot initiatives to curb partisan gerrymandering and implement electoral reforms have been broadly successful in recent years. Bipartisan momentum around them has built, especially after Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

But the failures this year show that momentum may be stalling.
Opposition to ranked-choice voting has grown more organized, led by a network linked to #Leonard #Leo, the influential conservative who has wielded enormous influence in shaping the US supreme court.

“In retrospect, it looks like it was always going to be a tough year for these pro-democracy ballot measures,” said Deb Otis,
the director of #FairVote,
a non-profit that supports ranked-choice voting.
“The presidential election was looming heavily over voters and with a large number of ballot measures in some of these states. I think maybe voters defaulted to a no position on new concepts.
“I also think the ranked-choice measures were harmed by an increasingly well-organized national opposition,” she added.
“This opposition is driven by funders and organizations that have sown uncertainty in our elections for years. These are the same forces behind [the] ‘stop the steal’ [movement] and election denialism

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/electoral-reform-ballot-measures?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Now that ballots are arriving in Washington State, please check out the FairVote Washington candidate endorsements, especially for the very important Whatcom County Charter Review Commission: https://fairvotewa.org/candidate-recognition-2024/

#WhatcomCounty #WashingtonState #wapoli #waelex #FairVote #FairVoteWashington #FairVoteWA #RankedChoiceVoting #BellinghamWA

Very cool that this documentary about #RankedChoiceVoting called "Majority Rules" will be screened this weekend at the Pickford Film Center here in #BellinghamWA

https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/662438/?ms=20240820MajorityRulesBhamI

#ElectoralReform #RCV #DocumentaryFilm #FairVote #FairVoteWashington #FairVoteWA

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

Join FairVote Washington at the Bellingham St. Patrick's Day Parade, as we celebrate Ireland's 100+ year legacy of using #RankedChoiceVoting

RSVP here: https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/609682/

#FairVote #FairVoteWashington #BellinghamWA #WhatcomCounty #Whatcom #PNW

@wslack Exactly. The unfortunate way that #RCV is often described, as if there were actual rounds, makes some vote counters decide they need to report only the top choices at first. But #FairVote knows that the right way would be to report the tally for each permutation when it is known. It is, after all, an #INSTANTrunoff. #RankedChoiceVoting
https://mastodon.social/@dougdougdoug/109333180574241552

@wslack Exactly. The unfortunate way that #RCV is often described, as if there were actual rounds, makes some vote counters decide they need to report only the top choices at first. But #FairVote knows that the right way would be to report the tally for each permutation when it is known. It is, after all, an #INSTANTrunoff. #RankedChoiceVoting
https://mastodon.social/@dougdougdoug/109333180574241552

@wslack Exactly. The unfortunate way that #RCV is often described, as if there were actual rounds, makes some vote counters decide they need to report only the top choices at first. But #FairVote knows that the right way would be to report the tally for each permutation when it is known. It is, after all, an #INSTANTrunoff. #RankedChoiceVoting
https://mastodon.social/@dougdougdoug/109333180574241552

@wslack Exactly. The unfortunate way that #RCV is often described, as if there were actual rounds, makes some vote counters decide they need to report only the top choices at first. But #FairVote knows that the right way would be to report the tally for each permutation when it is known. It is, after all, an #INSTANTrunoff. #RankedChoiceVoting
https://mastodon.social/@dougdougdoug/109333180574241552

@wslack Exactly. The unfortunate way that #RCV is often described, as if there were actual rounds, makes some vote counters decide they need to report only the top choices at first. But #FairVote knows that the right way would be to report the tally for each permutation when it is known. It is, after all, an #INSTANTrunoff. #RankedChoiceVoting
https://mastodon.social/@dougdougdoug/109333180574241552

The Academy Award nominations will be voted on tomorrow (1-23 = RCV Day) using #proportional
#multiwinner
#rankedchoicevoting

https://fairvote.org/oscars-2024-how-is-ranked-choice-voting-used/

from @fairvote #fairvote

Hey Washington State residents: the "Washington VOICES Act", HB 2250, has a hearing in the legislature in less than a week! We need you to sign in "pro" in favor of this bill to show your support to the State Government Committee. Please do it before January 24! It's quick and easy:

https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=House&mId=31747&aId=157226&caId=23529&tId=3&ms=20240118SignInPro&utm_campaign=20240118signinpro&utm_medium=email&utm_source=everyaction&emci=881bf250-55b6-ee11-bea1-0022482237da&emdi=03697a1d-5bb6-ee11-bea1-0022482237da&ceid=885644

#FairVote #FairVoteWA #FairVoteWashington #RankedChoiceVoting #ElectoralReform #WALeg #WashingtonState

There's a new #RankedChoiceVoting bill in the Washington State Legislature this year, this time called The Washington VOICES Act (HB 2250). Learn more about the bill on this page from FairVote Washington, and follow the links to write your state legislators and ask them to support this important reform! https://fairvotewa.org/ranked-choice-voting-legislation/

#WALeg #WashingtonState #ElectoralReform #FairVote #FairVoteWashington

Lots of opportunities to multiply the impact of your donations on #GivingTuesday. For example, all gifts to #FairVote Washington are matched today: https://fairvotewa.org/donate/

#FairVoteWashington #RankedChoiceVoting #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform #WALeg #WApoli #WashingtonState

Hey #BellinghamWA and #Whatcom folks! Join us at the #FairVoteWA happy hour at Stones Throw Brewery in Fairhaven tonight (Thursday Sep 28) at 5:45pm! Learn about #RankedChoiceVoting with our friendly local activists! https://www.mobilize.us/fairvotewa/event/583327/ #FairVote #RCV #WhatcomCounty #PNW

@brienneofsnark
Unless your state has #RankedChoiceVoting or #InstantRunoffVoting, no one should vote 3rd Party.

#RCV / #IRV needs to be the Law of the Land:

o No more spoilers
o No more 2-party system.
o No more lengthy/costly primaries.
o Greatly mitigates the influence of big money in politics.
o Campaigns are friendlier as candidates strive not to offend so they're at least voter's 2nd choice. #FairVote