Recommendations from an all-party B.C. committee on democratic reform has reignited a longstanding conversation in the province about the possibility of proportional representation, a voting system ...
In American politics, the people are supposed to choose their leaders. However, in state after state, it’s increasingly the opposite: politicians choose their voters. The evidence of democratic ...
The House of Commons backed using proportional representation (PR) at general elections in a surprise symbolic vote on Tuesday. Almost 60 Labour MPs supported a plan put forward by Sarah Olney, a ...
Portland, Oregon, used its decennial charter revision process to overhaul its method for electing the city’s legislators in 2022. The new system divided the city into four districts, with each ...
As states from Texas to California debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about – and often ...
With an increasingly polarized Congress and fewer competitive elections, there are growing calls among some election reformers to change how voters elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
It’s almost been a month since Labour’s historic election victory, which sparked renewed conversation about electoral reform. Even a fleeting glance at July’s election results confirms Britain’s first ...
Renée Webb’s opinion piece in The Royal Gazette, dated Friday, September 27, and the entire narrative concerning the intended candidature of more independent electoral candidates is an interesting ...
It’s no secret that Utah’s electoral system is broken. As states across the nation deliberate arguments regarding partisan congressional maps, we’re beginning to see a clearer path forward for a ...
But some proportional systems transfer choice from the voter to the party. So if we are to change our voting system we need to ensure that a new system moves the power of choice towards the voter. In ...
In American politics, the people are supposed to choose their leaders. However, in state after state, it’s increasingly the opposite: politicians choose their voters. The evidence of democratic ...