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Supreme Court won't hear case contesting constitutionality of Canada's voting system
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal challenging the constitutionality of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/supreme-court-voting-system-9.7151447?cmp=rss

Jeremy 4d ago

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-against-high-speed-rail-alto-9.7148975 Welp! That didn’t take long. AXE THE TRACKS!! Yet another brutal example of how we continually kick ourselves in the balls with our #FirstPastThePost electoral system. Govt proposes major project. Opposition needs policy. Opposition hates major project. We need #ProportionalRepresentation now. No more #policylurch No more fucking around. #AxeTheTracks #canpoli #transit #HighSpeedRail #pierrepollievre

Poilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail project | CBC News

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government should cancel the high-speed rail project planned to link Toronto and Quebec City.

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Opinion | The Guardian US Feb 26

Nobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/defend-britain-voting-system-gorton-denton-first-past-the-post-proportional-representation #Byelections #ElectoralReform #LocalPolitics #Labour #ReformUk #GreenParty #Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #UkNews

Nobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will

The nail-biting Gorton and Denton byelection has shown the cracks in first past the post. I still don’t think proportional representation is the answer, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Richard Quinn Feb 17

"Our broken voting system leaves millions without representation. Yet the Representation of the People Bill has no plan to change it.

… power can now be won on a smaller share of the vote than ever in our history. Our elections, described by the Economist as creating “slot-machine politics” no longer reflect public opinion and are leaving more people than ever disenfranchised."

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-elections-bill-must-scrap-first-past-the-post

#FPTP #FirstPastThePost #voting #UKpolitics

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Lee for #The25th NOW! 🤬Feb 14

🚨 #FirstPastThePost can no longer deliver real mandates -only chaos. 🤬 60% of Brits want it scrapped!

Yet the #RepresentationofthePeopleBill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented! 😤

Tell @Keir_Starmer to change this.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-elections-bill-must-scrap-first-past-the-post

#Politics #Democracy #ElectoralReform #Justice #HumanRights

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Lee for #The25th NOW! 🤬Jan 19

🚨Our #democracy shouldn’t be a gamble! 😤

#FirstPastThePost fails 70% of voters! 🤬 We urgently need to scrap it. I’ve asked my MP to attend a crucial briefing on how to do just that.

Join me 👇: #Politics #Justice #FPTP
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-our-democracy-shouldnt-be-a-gamble?source=twitter&&

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Jim DeLaHunt Dec 5

The turmoil on the #BC right is not random. It is what happens when #FirstPastThePost forces entire movements into one party and punishes voters for choice.
#ProportionalRepresentation would let parties stand on their own instead of tearing each other apart.

#BCpoli #BCConservatives #BCUnited #BCLiberal #FairVoteCanada #FairVotingBC #ElectoralReform

Dave Volek Dec 1

The Optics Ain't Good

In 2016, the Liberal Party of Canada tried to change Canada's FPTP electoral system toward PR.

The commission found a lot of opposition. Maybe the Liberals could have handled this issue better, but such changes are difficult to make.

If we are to make changes, we should make BIG changes, not FPTP to PR.

https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=135

#tiereddemocraticgovernance
#firstpastthepost #proportionalrepresentation

FreediverX Nov 18

The Voting System That Losers Win
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

#firstpastthepost #elections #twopartysystem #democracy #gerrymandering

Why Your Vote Doesn't Count

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BlueDot🇺🇦Sep 13, 2025

@BohemianPeasant

As long as we have #FirstPastThePost elections in the U.S., a left third party can only split the left vote and help #fascists get elected. And then we can forget about democracy itself, not just the luxury of a left third party.

I say this as someone who spent 25 years in a left third party.

In the short run, which is all we have, the #Democratic Party is the only pro-democracy party that can win. I'll support Democrats in primaries who favor #RankedChoiceVoting.