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#3goodThings #c4c #website #refactor #threeGoodThings

#votingReform #canPoli #collaboration

https://cooperateforcanada.ca/

Maine voters decisively rejected a Republican-backed proposal that would have imposed stricter voting restrictions, including limiting early voting, requiring photo ID, banning prepaid absentee envelopes, and reducing drop boxes. The defeat sends a clear message in the broader national debate over voting access, especially as Maine’s voting methods—favored by many in its aging and rural population—are now protected. The proposal’s defeat reflects Maine's support for easier voting, contrasting with efforts in other states to tighten voting laws. Will this boost efforts to expand access nationwide? More details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/maine-voting-ballot-measure.html?smid=nytcore-android-share #VotingRights #Maine #Election2024 #VoterAccess #Democracy #VotingReform #midterms

@americanfietser.bsky.social "no taxation without representation."

I mean, everything you're saying, but this is just one of the signs becoming more obvious lately that we are in a crisis of democracy. Lack of legitimate representation in the USA is real, and has been for a long while . I think #uncapTheHouse and other #votingReform like #RCV are going to have to be part of getting us out of it.

@ChrisMayLA6
I hope we will have polling stations set up in Sixth-form and FE colleges, to encourage voting in that demographic.
#VotingReform #UKPolitics

Good. But if it's fairness that the UK wants, then a change to a form of PR is necessary.

#ukpol #VotingReform

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16-in-england-and-northern-ireland

@iandunt.bsky.social
Conspicuous by its absence is any mention of electoral reform.
The biggest reason for lack of trust in our democracy is the massive numbers of votes which are pointless, in the modern equivalent of rotten boroughs. A new approach to voting is essential. What’s good enough for mayoral elections should be good enough for Westminster elections too.
#UKPolitics #VotingReform

I should be packed and on my way to #GothsOnAField right now, but my brain wouldn't let me go until I wrote some code.

This is the start of a piece of work to demonstrate visually the value of preferential voting systems such as #AV over #FPTP. There will be a companion piece to demonstrate the value of #PR systems.

https://codeberg.org/diffrentcolours/whyprefvote

The long term goal is an actual grassroots movement for #VotingReform in the UK, separate from political parties.

But for now I've written enough that I can go hang out in a barn and watch #Goth #LiveMusic for a weekend.

#psephology

Last year, New Mexico adopted House Bill 4, which establishes that those convicted of a felony can still vote, providing they are not incarcerated. A crew of people set to work registering newly eligible voters and in doing so discovered thousands of people who had been wrongfully denied their voting rights, for many years before. They’ve successfully sued the state so that those affected will be able to vote next Tuesday. It’s a victory, but some voters still feel mistrustful of the government. @bolts explains more.

https://boltsmag.org/voting-rights-restoration-reform-in-new-mexico/

#NewMexico #Voting #USElection #VotingReform #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

@therightarticle "It is fine, furious work. Now, what are we going to do?" Nothing. Sunak is out of if time. Starmer in thrall to the treasury and BoE. After that we'll elect a new revitalised Tory government to make things worse. It's the British way. #VotingReform #GTTO #PR

Michigan earns high marks on redistricting in new report, with room for improvement

In a new report evaluating state redistricting efforts, Michigan scored a “B” based on feedback from state and local organizations, advocates and community organizers.

The report by the Coalition Hub for Advancing Redistricting & Grassroots Engagement (CHARGE), used interview survey responses to evaluate each state’s redistricting efforts, including what worked, what did not and what could be done better in the future.

Michigan ranked alongside Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Montana, New Mexico and Vermont. Only two states ranked higher at an “A-”: California and Massachusetts. Alabama, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin all received the lowest grade, an “F.”

According to the report, the states were graded based on transparency, opportunities for public input, willingness of decision makers to draw districts based on that input, adhering to nonpartisanship, empowerment of communities of color, and policy choices such as rejecting prison gerrymandering.

#USPol #Politics #News #Michigan #Redistricting #MIRC #MichiganAdvance #Voting #Elections #VotingReform

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/10/16/michigan-earns-high-marks-on-redistricting-in-new-report-with-room-for-improvement/

Please consider signing this petition for Single Tranferable Voting in #Cymru.

https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245599

#Democracy #STV #VotingReform

#KyleGriffin
#NY
#VotingReform

https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1704874513656136042?s=46&t=E7_zhoC2LHlfk1zIFNN83w

Métis and First Nations Peoples weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. Inuit weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1962. #CanadianHistory #IndigenousRights #Canada #Elections #CanadianElections #VotingRights #VotingReform

Métis and First Nations Peoples weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. Inuit weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1962. #CanadianHistory #IndigenousRights #Canada #Elections #CanadianElections #VotingRights #VotingReform

Métis and First Nations Peoples weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. Inuit weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1962. #CanadianHistory #IndigenousRights #Canada #Elections #CanadianElections #VotingRights #VotingReform

Métis and First Nations Peoples weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. Inuit weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1962. #CanadianHistory #IndigenousRights #Canada #Elections #CanadianElections #VotingRights #VotingReform

Métis and First Nations Peoples weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1960. Inuit weren’t allowed to vote in Canadian elections until 1962. #CanadianHistory #IndigenousRights #Canada #Elections #CanadianElections #VotingRights #VotingReform

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/

#RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/

#RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/

#RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/

#RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/29/opinion/ranked-choice-voting-deserves-place-presidential-primaries/

#RankedChoiceVoting #PresidentialPrimaries #BostonGlobe #VotingReform #Democracy #PoliticalReform #Politics #News

Michigan voter reforms have made it a model for strengthening democracy, report says 

"While some states have struggled to implement meaningful reforms—and many have moved in the wrong direction by restricting access to the ballot box — Michigan has proved that transformational change can be accomplished in just a few short years"

#USPol #Politics #Voting #Elections #Michigan #News #VotingReform #Democracy #Democrats #MichiganAdvance

https://michiganadvance.com/2023/06/15/michigan-voter-reforms-have-made-it-a-model-for-strengthening-democracy-report-says/

#Portland votes for proportional representation and instead gets something closer to bloc plurality. Apparently we're now just an annexed territory of Lake Oswego.

https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/officeholders-nix-eight-rankings

#pdx #voting #democracy #votingreform #elections

Submitted testimony OPPOSING Oregon House Bill 2004, proposal to adopt RCV for most statewide seats:

https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/PublicTestimonyDocument/65364

#rcv #oregon #voting #votingreform

#RCV fails to deliver diversity and broad choice in candidates, giving constituents only a short-term high.

https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/reports/rcv-impact-on-candidate-entry-and-representation/

#RankedChoiceVoting #democracy #voting #votingReform #InstantRunoffVoting

The Brown Plan

By getting cold feet over voting reform, Labour has missed an opportunity that might have saved the union

Martin Roche @BylinesScotland

@BylineTimes

#ProportionalRepresentation #Scotland #FBPPR #VotingReform #GordonBrown #labour

https://bylines.scot/politics/the-brown-plan/

Could “fuzzing” voting, election, and judicial process improve decisionmaking and democratic outcomes?

... Hands down the most fascinating article I’ve read over the past decade is Michael Schulson’s “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark”, in Aeon. The essay mostly concerns decisions under uncertainty and of the risk of bad decisions. It seems to me that it also applies to periods of extreme political partisanship and division. An unlikely but possible circumstance, I’m sure…

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/489ae7e00d710139fb1b002590d8e506

(Archive: https://archive.ph/AFb5t)

#Sortition #ElectionReform #VotingReform #politics #democracy #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure

Could “fuzzing” voting, election, and judicial process improve decisionmaking and democratic outcomes?

... Hands down the most fascinating article I’ve read over the past decade is Michael Schulson’s “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark”, in Aeon. The essay mostly concerns decisions under uncertainty and of the risk of bad decisions. It seems to me that it also applies to periods of extreme political partisanship and division. An unlikely but possible circumstance, I’m sure…

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/489ae7e00d710139fb1b002590d8e506

(Archive: https://archive.ph/AFb5t)

#Sortition #ElectionReform #VotingReform #politics #democracy #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure

Could “fuzzing” voting, election, and judicial process improve decisionmaking and democratic outcomes?

... Hands down the most fascinating article I’ve read over the past decade is Michael Schulson’s “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark”, in Aeon. The essay mostly concerns decisions under uncertainty and of the risk of bad decisions. It seems to me that it also applies to periods of extreme political partisanship and division. An unlikely but possible circumstance, I’m sure…

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/489ae7e00d710139fb1b002590d8e506

(Archive: https://archive.ph/AFb5t)

#Sortition #ElectionReform #VotingReform #politics #democracy #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure

Could “fuzzing” voting, election, and judicial process improve decisionmaking and democratic outcomes?

... Hands down the most fascinating article I’ve read over the past decade is Michael Schulson’s “How to choose? When your reasons are worse than useless, sometimes the most rational choice is a random stab in the dark”, in Aeon. The essay mostly concerns decisions under uncertainty and of the risk of bad decisions. It seems to me that it also applies to periods of extreme political partisanship and division. An unlikely but possible circumstance, I’m sure…

https://joindiaspora.com/posts/489ae7e00d710139fb1b002590d8e506

(Archive: https://archive.ph/AFb5t)

#Sortition #ElectionReform #VotingReform #politics #democracy #voting #ParliamentaryProcedure