Fair Representation

In a representative democracy, the right of decision belongs to the majority, but the right to representation belongs to all. FairVote advocates for adoption of proportional voting systems for local and state elections, and for an informed debate about their merits for congressional elections.

Learn more about FairVote-backed reforms that facilitate fair representation:

Choice Voting/Proportional Representation

Proportional systems help ensure that constituencies have representation in government bodies that reflect their share of the electorate. Choice Voting is FairVote's preferred proportional method, because as a ranked voting system it honors majority rule, allows for fair represenation and maximizes the effectiveness of a voter's ballot.

Learn more about Choice Voting.

Redistricting

Our nation's reliance upon winner-take-all elections and single member districts for Congressional elections without national standards has left our voting process open to the abuses of unfair partisan gerrymandering. By gerrymandering the districts, legislators and their political allies have used redistricting to choose their voters, before voters have had the opportunity to choose them. Among other resources, this section features the Redistricting Roulette Wheel, a tool that shows what a difference redistricting can make.

Learn more about Redistricting

Fix the House

Coming soon! FairVote's proposals for reforming the makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives, such as increasing the size of the House and rethinking congressional districts from single-seat jurisdictions to multi-seat "superdistricts."