@ApaulD
Yes, well said. 🙏🏻 Could be taught in ‘civics classes’ in school (including in school for new migrants). Looking forward to Ms Crabbe incorporating it into her tv series on Australian democracy, voting, etc. too. 🤗

#votingSystem #civicsClasses #education #AusPol #AustralianDemocracy

How the winner-takes-all #VotingSystem has turned on Labour and the Tories

Thursday's #election results raise questions about whether #FirstPastThePost will continue to benefit the Conservatives and Labour in future.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxpqyndqwlo #PR #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter

How the winner-takes-all voting system has turned on Labour and the Tories

The first-past-the-post system favoured Reform in this English local elections

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In English local #elections, the #voting system means councils often don’t reflect the way people actually voted. Millions of local #votes don’t help shape the final result. You deserve a #VotingSystem where all your neighbours help shape what happens.
https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/2401/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&ea.tracking.id=BSshare&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_content=Local%20STV%20England%20-%20Petition&en_ref=226127710
ADD YOUR NAME: Every vote should help shape the final result

In English local elections, the voting system means councils often don’t reflect the way people actually voted. That leaves many voters feeling powerless, because even when lots of people vote for change, the final result can look nothing like the community itself.

Why we need to change the way we elect our councillors in England and Wales

Discussions around changing the #VotingSystem often refer to Westminster, yet the same problems that stifle the government of the UK apply at a much more local level.

https://electoral-reform.org.uk/why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-elect-our-councillors-in-england-and-wales/ #PR #FPTP #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter #elections

Why we need to change the way we elect our councillors in England and Wales

Discussions around changing the voting system often refer to Westminster, yet the same problems that stifle the government of the UK apply at a much more local level. Just like in Parlia

@moz @daveburb @Lats @nuintari @Strandjunker

all the australians and #newzealand ers in the replies talking about their #votingsystem s:

i would feel remiss if i didn't repost #thejuicemedia video that made me fall in love with #australia (i love you too kiwis, please don't laser eye me)

(note for americans: what australians call #preferentialvoting we call #rankedchoicevoting)

you want this too americans?

THEN #VOTE, YOU LAZY ENTITLED WHINY ASSHOLES

https://youtu.be/bleyX4oMCgM

#USA

Honest Government Ad | Preferential Voting

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#GreenParty are now the best bet to replace #Labour in urban heartlands. One Labour MP – no past supporter of #Corbyn – tells me that his wife plans to vote for them. A hung parliament with a large Green contingent could force a change in the #VotingSystem > #PR www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The left warned that Starmeris...
The left warned that Starmerism would end like this. Now all of Britain faces the fallout

Peter Mandelson helped Morgan McSweeney privilege Labour’s reactionary forces to sustain the PM, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian
Polls and tactical voting

Why we should not be voting on the blockchain — MIT Digital Currency Initiative

Voters are understandably concerned about election security. News reports of possible election inter- ference by foreign powers, of unauthorized voting, of voter disenfranchisement, and of technological failures call into question the integrity of elections worldwide.This article examines the sugges

MIT Digital Currency Initiative
Uzbekistan President’s Party Wins Landmark Election Held Under New Voting System - The Times Of Central Asia

On October 27, Uzbekistan held elections for deputies of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis (Lower House of Parliament) and local councils. This marks

The Times Of Central Asia
Please act now - Justin Trudeau is spreading misinformation about proportional representation