#proportionalrepresentation — Public Fediverse posts

@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

First-Past-The-Post Fail League❗️
UK Edition 🇬🇧🗳️!

Today’s champion:

Edward Leigh
MP for Gainsborough

Won with only 35.6% of total voter ballots cast

Multi-Member #ProportionalRepresentation please! Like and share if you agree!

#UKPolitics @electoralreform @MakeVotesMatter

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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/28/andy-burnham-electoral-reform-proportional-representation

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

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.

2/3

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

"Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland said that he’s never seen this much interest in proportional representation from his colleagues. Representative Don Beyer of Virginia, along with Raskin and a handful of other legislators, have co-sponsored the Fair Representation Act for almost a decade now. It’s the most complete national solution to end gerrymandering and would create a more proportional House with larger, multimember districts and ranked-choice voting. According to their vision, every district nationwide becomes a swing district, and every delegation would more closely represent the politics and racial demographics of every state. Members who have never wanted to talk about it in the past are now asking Raskin how it works."

https://newrepublic.com/article/211774/coming-census-time-bomb

#proportionalrepresentation #FairRepresentationAct #RankedChoiceVoting #Callais #VotingRights

Starmer resigns: Which European country has highest turnover of leaders?

With resignation of #Starmer, #UK is to have its 7th PM in 10 years

A far cry from a country once touted for its ability to produce stable and long-lasting #governments compared to other #European nations, due to its first-past-the-post voting system, the principle of #parliamentary #sovereignty and its evolutionary tradition of governance.

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/29/starmer-resigns-which-european-country-has-the-highest-turnover-of-leaders

#ProportionalRepresentation #Voting #FPTP #VotingReform

#jouRapNal #book19 day 26

20260511Mon

#3goodThings #c4c #proportionalRepresentation #cake
#threeGoodThings

#NiceDayInnit #doneEarly #futurePlan

Ah, yet another utopian fantasy where proportional representation magically saves #democracy 🦄. Because clearly, the only thing standing between #Minnesotans and political nirvana is the size of their districts 📏. Why vote for people when you can just hand over control to party mascots? 🙃
https://agrarianparty.org/platform/peoples-act #utopianfantasy #proportionalrepresentation #politicalnirvana #HackerNews #ngated

A new and detailed analysis by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences recommends that we expand the U.S. House of Representatives by 150 members and elect them through Proportional Ranked Choice Voting.

"On balance, more proportional systems provide:

better public health outcomes, across a number of measures
lower levels of economic inequality
higher satisfaction with democracy
higher levels of subjective well-being."

The Academy was established during the American Revolution by John Adams and of bunch of founding father guys. They probably know a few things about #democracy.

#SingleTransferableVote #ProportionalRepresentation #unCapTheHouse

https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/publication/congressional-reform-proportional-representation

How to actually win the #gerrymandering wars, cont. Pass the #FairRepresentationAct for the US House. Instead of partisan redistricting, the Fair Representation Act would require house members to be elected by #RankedChoiceVoting in multi-member districts. That will make gerrymandering impossible, make every election competitive and make the House much more socially and politically diverse. We can do the same in the #California legislature! #ProportionalRepresentation

FairVote on Bluesky. (US FairVote is not on fedi, sadly.)

https://bsky.app/profile/fairvote.bsky.social/post/3luobl2szme24

Contact your representative and ask them to support the FRA.

https://fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/FairRepAct2025/

Support multimember districts and proportional representation in California's legislature:
https://www.prorepcoalition.org/

A small but positive step, but Blue Dog Democrats are proposing a select committee to explore multi-member congressional districts and expanding the size of the House, among other reforms.

Of course, bills to do those things, like the Fair Representation Act, have been introduced in the past. But good to see more conservative dems getting involved in the space.

Also I don't think I've ever seen a big commercial media outlet mention the cube root rule for assembly size. Nice!

#proportionalrepresentation #uncapthehouse

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-congress-expansion-committee-gluesenkamp-perez-golden-rcna180811?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

@benroyce @bytebro @sj

As @PaulAnomaly mentioned not all votes have the same value or influence.

We really need to pass The Fair Representation Act to get #ProportionalRepresentation for Congress to fix the systemic reasons that so many votes don't matter (are wasted) and remove the many negative incentives that keep people away from voting.

https://fairvoteaction.org/the-fair-representation-act-reintroduced-in-congress/

#FairRepresentationAct

This new book on the subject is great: https://oursharedrepublic.org/introduction/

@gdjp #EndFPTP #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeEveryVoteCount

Liberal Party votes to back a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform

#ElectoralReform #ProportionalRepresentation #EndFPTP #CdnPoli

https://www.fairvote.ca/06/05/2023/liberal-party-votes-to-back-a-national-citizens-assembly-on-electoral-reform/

Motion for a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform backed by MPs from Liberals, Greens, Conservatives and NDP

#ElectoralReform #ProportionalRepresentation #EndFPTP

https://www.fairvote.ca/citizens-assembly-on-electoral-reform-backed-by-mps-multiple-parties/

@karlmorant @BlakeHamiltonCA @Unclebrain @ChrisH_Prog @maxfawcett

#Canada #ElectoralReform #ProportionalRepresentation #EndFPTP

When will #JustinTrudeau reconsider his first election promise to implement #ElectoralReform? This way we can avoid giving leaders across #Canada parliamentary majorities based on minorities in popular vote.
#ProportionalRepresentation
#EndFPTP

@benmcfc Have you seen this video from John Cleese? It’s a painless and amusing introduction to #ProportionalRepresentation.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VkbAmRv3wrs

We have similar problems here in the #usa and similar proposed solutions. #FairRepresentationAct