mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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First Past the Post means 100,000 Welsh voters were denied a say in the last local elections https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/first-past-the-post-means-100000-welsh-voters-were-denied-a-say-in-the-last-local-elections/ n

alan, to random
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I have to say this is my new number one favorite explainer video about Proportional Representation and Single Transferable Voting:

https://www.vox.com/videos/24091275/why-us-elections-only-give-you-two-choices

(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)

weilawei, to acab
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Is it too much to say that the idea of allowing government agencies to take unaccountable "charitable" donations is a step too far?

What about when they use it to unaccountably purchase weapons to attack civilians?

The argument for no taxation without representation is that taxes were a gift to the king. We're already doing charity.

Make the billionaires pay it in taxes instead.

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/no-taxation-without-representation

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Where is Single Transferable Vote used in the UK? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/where-is-single-transferable-vote-used-in-the-uk/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Victory as Ceredigion joins Powys and Gwynedd with STV consultation https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/victory-as-ceredigion-joins-powys-and-gwynedd-with-stv-consultation/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Who invented the Single Transferable Vote? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/who-invented-the-single-transferable-vote/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Vote splitting trick won’t work with Scotland’s Single Transferable Vote https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/vote-splitting-trick-wont-work-with-scotlands-single-transferable-vote/ n

weilawei, to Ohio
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The fascists are trying to lock in the system permanently, by eliminating the only non-violent way out of the two-party ratchet that we have now.

They want to ban ranked choice voting. Don't let them. Demand Single Transferable Vote.

(instant runoff is not a good way to do RCV; STV works the way people intuitively expect ranked-choice votes to work.)

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/135/sb137

weilawei,
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For that person going around saying, "if voting did anything, they'd try to ban it":

THEY ARE TRYING TO BAN IT.

You know what would really screw up the fascist strategy?

Single Transferable Vote.

alan, to random
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Great news that the tool is now under the management of a worker-owned software coop called Cohere! OpaVote is an easy-to-use website that lets you host online. I can't count how many elections I've administered via this excellent tool as part of my advocacy for democratic reforms like and in particular. Congrats to @Zee, @anaulin and the team!
🗳️ https://blog.opavote.com/2024/01/opavote-is-under-new-management.html

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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140 years of winning electoral reform https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/140-years-of-winning-electoral-reform/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Which is the best electoral system for the House of Lords? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/which-is-the-best-electoral-system-for-the-house-of-lords/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2023 https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/the-top-5-most-read-ers-articles-from-2023/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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One year to win local proportional representation in Wales https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/one-year-to-win-local-proportional-representation-in-wales/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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We gave evidence to MSs on a new Bill to reform the Senedd – here’s what we said https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/we-gave-evidence-to-mss-on-a-new-bill-to-reform-the-senedd-heres-what-we-said/ n

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Why independent candidates win with the Single Transferable Vote https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-independent-candidates-win-with-the-single-transferable-vote/ n

mkarliner, to random
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We gave evidence to MSs on a new Bill to reform the Senedd – here’s what we said https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/we-gave-evidence-to-mss-on-a-new-bill-to-reform-the-senedd-heres-what-we-said/

mkarliner, to random
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Why independent candidates win with the Single Transferable Vote https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-independent-candidates-win-with-the-single-transferable-vote/

mkarliner, to UKpolitics
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Why independent candidates win with the Single Transferable Vote https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-independent-candidates-win-with-the-single-transferable-vote/

alan, to random
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Staggering city and county council elections is what we do here in and , and people claim to like it because of more institutional memory and continuity. But really, how many incumbents get booted anyway? I find that a dumb argument to be worried that the whole council might be replaced in a single year.

Much better to elect the whole council at the same time, but do it via a system like .

https://bird.makeup/users/hannahkrieg/statuses/1701996943109701644

enobacon, (edited ) to portland
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Too bad the commission went with their feelings about how works, rather than listening to their voting methods research committee, who had done the homework and recommended . Now we've got the business association's pet conservative electeds proposing to make 3 proportional seats per district into 2 single-winner elections, where RCV/IRV will deliver status quo results and money-talks manufactured consent, like it has for 100 years.🙄

enobacon,
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STV , while not terrible, is not as representational of group consensus as proportional star voting, but the single-winner version (recently branded RCV or IRV) does not give good representative results.

mkarliner, to random
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Northern Ireland’s local elections show the benefit of the Single Transferable Vote https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/northern-irelands-local-elections-show-the-benefit-of-the-single-transferable-vote/

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