(my previous go-to video was by the inimitable CGP Grey, and it's still great if you want more details about the mechanics of STV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI)
Ceredigion County Council voted YES to a public consultation on scrapping First Past the Post for their elections and bringing in the fair and proportional Single Transferable Vote (STV).
#Ceredigion follows #Powys and #Gwynedd, who voted for consultations in December. The Single Transferable Vote is a tried and tested system that has been used in Scotland and Northern Ireland for over a decade.
The people who just got purged from the RNC and the people wanting to split the GOP into two parties are probably the best enemy-allies you could ask for right now, as a leftist of any stripe.
They need to win elections. They don't want to lose every time in a FPTP system to Democrats.
Pitch Single Transferable Vote to the -right wing-. There's a concrete reason for them to want it, and it starts pushing back the other way.
#R4 unlistenable this morning due to some government shill being totally unable to make a point and insisting on pointless semantic arguments with the BBC host.
Saying theyre fixing the problem and only giving words like "confidence" in justification.
@jacksantucci Some propose splitting the county into 4-5 districts and electing a board member from each. That could help and would be consistent with your advice, but small and equal districts would be hard to draw in this geographically small county. Wouldn’t county-wide multi-winner #STV with #RCV (3 or more at a time) be best? (2/?)
The essential character of #StarTrek is that it’s at least 90% cheese. Watching #STV#theFinalFrontier in advance of an upcoming #GreatestGen show (SO STOKED!) I’m surprised to recall that this particular movie exceeds approved dietary recommendations.