Mastodawn

Is the ECI’s home-voting facility being gamed? 🗳️

We see volunteers carrying the frail through remote hills to vote, yet in cities, "Hatta Katta and Lamba Chowda" octogenarians—who bike to the market daily—are voting from their sofas. Age is a number; mobility should be the metric.

Read my latest take on why the spirit of the law matters more than the letter:
🔗 https://deepakvasudevan.blogspot.com/2026/04/from-hatta-katta-to-home-voting-when.html

#ECI #Election2026 #CivicDuty #HattaKatta #VotingReform

From "Hatta Katta" to Home-Voting: When Convenience Trumps Conscience

From "Hatta Katta" to Home-Voting: When Convenience Trumps Conscience The Election Commission’s "Vote from Home" initiative is a noble pur...

phli Jan 30

#jouRapNal #book18 day 48

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#3goodThings #c4c #website #refactor #threeGoodThings

#votingReform #canPoli #collaboration

https://cooperateforcanada.ca/

Jules 🍺Nov 7

The First Past The Post voting system undermines our politics. It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion.

The upcoming Elections Bill is a chance to address this. I just signed a petition to the Democracy Minister, calling for the system to be changed to Proportional Representation.

Can you add your name?

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-democracy-minister?source=email&

Thanks!
Jules
#proportionalrepresentation #votingreform #uk

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Eric Darnley Small Nov 5

Maine voters decisively rejected a Republican-backed proposal that would have imposed stricter voting restrictions, including limiting early voting, requiring photo ID, banning prepaid absentee envelopes, and reducing drop boxes. The defeat sends a clear message in the broader national debate over voting access, especially as Maine’s voting methods—favored by many in its aging and rural population—are now protected. The proposal’s defeat reflects Maine's support for easier voting, contrasting with efforts in other states to tighten voting laws. Will this boost efforts to expand access nationwide? More details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/maine-voting-ballot-measure.html?smid=nytcore-android-share #VotingRights #Maine #Election2024 #VoterAccess #Democracy #VotingReform #midterms

Maine Voters Reject Plan to Tighten Voting Rules

The wide-ranging measure, backed by conservatives, would have eliminated two days of early absentee voting, required photo identification and limited drop boxes to one per town.

The New York Times

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Aaron In Minnesota Oct 2, 2025

@americanfietser.bsky.social "no taxation without representation."

I mean, everything you're saying, but this is just one of the signs becoming more obvious lately that we are in a crisis of democracy. Lack of legitimate representation in the USA is real, and has been for a long while . I think #uncapTheHouse and other #votingReform like #RCV are going to have to be part of getting us out of it.

Jules 🍺Aug 19, 2025

The desperate need for proportional representation and reform of our voting system in the UK
https://youtube.com/shorts/MrbUIj3C7MI?si=2aghq344UnIRJFsE
#uk #proportionalrepresentation #votingreform

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Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Jul 20, 2025

@ChrisMayLA6
I hope we will have polling stations set up in Sixth-form and FE colleges, to encourage voting in that demographic.
#VotingReform #UKPolitics

chestas Jul 17, 2025

Good. But if it's fairness that the UK wants, then a change to a form of PR is necessary.

#ukpol #VotingReform

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/17/voting-age-to-be-lowered-to-16-in-england-and-northern-ireland

Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election

Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference

The Guardian

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Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Jul 17, 2025

@iandunt.bsky.social
Conspicuous by its absence is any mention of electoral reform.
The biggest reason for lack of trust in our democracy is the massive numbers of votes which are pointless, in the modern equivalent of rotten boroughs. A new approach to voting is essential. What’s good enough for mayoral elections should be good enough for Westminster elections too.
#UKPolitics #VotingReform

World Basement Classic Jul 11, 2025

I should be packed and on my way to #GothsOnAField right now, but my brain wouldn't let me go until I wrote some code.

This is the start of a piece of work to demonstrate visually the value of preferential voting systems such as #AV over #FPTP. There will be a companion piece to demonstrate the value of #PR systems.

https://codeberg.org/diffrentcolours/whyprefvote

The long term goal is an actual grassroots movement for #VotingReform in the UK, separate from political parties.

But for now I've written enough that I can go hang out in a barn and watch #Goth #LiveMusic for a weekend.

#psephology

whyprefvote

A Python script to generate some randomized data to demonstrate the value of preferential voting

Codeberg.org