https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/petition/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs&en_ref=226127710 #PR #ProportionalRepresentation
@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

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
@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
Polls and tactical voting: https://www.aurianneor.org/polls-and-tactical-voting/
#AnneHildalgo #aurianneor #candidate #citizens’initiativereferendum #democracy #directdemocracy #ecology #election #EvaJoly #FrançoisHollande #greenparty #JacquesChirac #Jean-LucMélenchon #Jean-MarieLePen #liberals #MaiaSandu #politicalparties #politics #polls #popularinitiativereferendum #progressive #referendum #representativedemocracy #social #tacticalvoting #usefulvote #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelensky #votingsystem
#democracy #voting #OnlineVoting #InternetVoting #VotingSystem #blockchain #Cybersecurity #DecisionMaking #elections #governance #ResearchPaper #paper
"Going from bad to worse: from Internet voting to blockchain voting"
Journal of Cybersecurity, 2021, 1–15
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