Shariat Appellate bench to hear appeals on Pakistan’s electoral system
It seems "The 2026 midterms are officially underway" (https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2025/07/29/2026-elections-battleground-senate-candidates-00481526)
The US' political system is exhausting. And their permanent campaigning caused by the election cycle is counterproductive to the goals of a representative democracy, since at any given time, at least half of the elected representatives are focused on short-term goals.
reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress
This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.
Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/
@paige @scarpentier Quiconque s'organise pour tuer le vote uninominal à un tour doit étudier la défaite du BC-STV en 2005 (just saying). Malheureusement, comme disait Reagan, "If you have to explain it, you loose." À moins d'avoir le support des medias ET de la classe politique.
The #GOP #Scheme That Could Bring Our #ElectoralSystem to Its Knees
An #underappreciated part of the Trump #attack on #democracy: #mass #voterchallenges. A “mass voter challenge” involves individual voters calling into question the eligibility of hundreds or thousands of voters all at once. #Frivolous mass voter challenges picked up after the 2020 #election and the viral spread of #TheBigLie
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-scheme-mass-voter-challenges
Our electoral system could enable an extreme right-wing government
http://opr.news/6591168a240903en_gb?link=1&client=opera
#UKPolitcs
#ElectoralSystem
#FPTP
#PR
#FarRight
#Labour
#Tories
#Reform
The Green party won four seats when it should have been 40. Surely it’s clear that Britain needs electoral reform | Ellie Chowns | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/11/green-party-four-seats-labour-proportional-representation
#ElectoralSystem
#Voting
#VotingSystems
#FPTP
#PR
#GE
#GE2024
#Greens
#UKPol
#Labour
#LibDems
#Tories
#SafeSeats
#Democracy
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