Content Categorized with "Fair Voting/Proportional Representation"
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Philippines Holds Elections Using Degree of Proportional Representation
- Posted: May 17, 2013
- Author(s): Jonathan Gerstell
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Asia and Oceania, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
The Philippines, a former U.S. colony, held elections on Monday using a small degree of proportional representation that was recently expanded to include national parties by the Supreme Court.
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The Elizabeth Colbert-Busch Guide to Running in the Other Party’s Safe Districts
- Posted: May 8, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections
A guide for anyone foolhardy enough to run for congress in a district that strongly favors the other party.
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How Districts Plus Has Worked for German Elections
- Posted: May 3, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Rebecca Franklin
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide, Districts Plus
Despite a recent constitutional controversy, Germany's mixed member proportional representation system of elections remains one of the most effective in the world.
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Winner-Take-All Elections Exacerbate Kenya's Ethnic Tensions
- Posted: May 2, 2013
- Author(s): Sara Helmi, Andrew Douglas
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Middle East and Africa, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Kenya's use of winner-take-all elections provides few incentives for inter-ethnic cooperation. Proportional representation could help bridge the country's ethnic divides.
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FairVote’s Top Ten List: The Breakdown of Winner-Take-All Elections
- Posted: April 26, 2013
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy, Andrea Levien
- Categories: Home, National Popular Vote, Presidential Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Congressional Elections
These are the top ten indicators that winner-take-all has led to the breakdown of the American electoral system in both presidential and legislative elections.
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Taking on American Political Dysfunction without Changing the Constitution
- Posted: April 23, 2013
- Author(s): Rob Richie, Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Congressional Elections, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
In his draft paper on Political Dysfunction and Constitutional Change, University of California-Irvine professor Rick Hasen makes a powerful case for the need for out-of-the-box thinking on American political reform. But he also makes a curious omission: fair voting.
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Electoral Reform on the Move in Canada
- Posted: April 16, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Home, Americas, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
From a poll showing widespread support for proportional representation to the Liberal Party leadership elections held using ranked choice voting to the growing movement for ranked choice voting in Toronto, things are looking up for electoral reform in Canada.
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Japan's Electoral Unfairness Goes Deeper than Malapportionment
- Posted: April 8, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy, Sara Helmi
- Categories: Home, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, Asia and Oceania, Elections Worldwide, Districts Plus
Several of Japan's high courts have called the 2012 election unconstitutional because of malapportionment. But the continued use of winner-take-all elections is the deeper cause of Japan's distorted electoral outcomes.
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How to Guarantee Accountable Legislatures Under Choice Voting (Without Hurting Third Parties)
- Posted: March 21, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation
You don't have to sacrifice voter choice in order to guarantee accountable governments in a choice voting system - either in Malta or in the U.S.
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Malta Elections Have 93% Turnout Using Choice Voting
- Posted: March 14, 2013
- Author(s): Devin McCarthy
- Categories: Europe, Fair Voting/Proportional Representation, International Elections, Elections Worldwide
Malta's ultra-high-turnout elections demonstrate some of the many benefits that the choice voting form of fair voting could bring to legislative elections in the United States.