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[http://www.fairvote.org '''FairVote.Org'''] | |||
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; <big><big>Election Reform in the UK</big></big> | |||
http://www.nytimes.com/live/uk-elections-2015/breakdown-of-two-party-system-makes-predictions-more-complicated/ | |||
May 2015, as the British election produces calls to change its system, the '''first-past-the-post/winner-take-all system.''' | |||
This electoral system, brought to the US from the British Empire, is feeling 'its age' -- and | |||
is no longer a popular voting system in advanced industrial democracies around the world | |||
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[[File:Electoral Reform US FairVote.jpg | link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U50uJohIw4c]] | |||
; <big><big>Why Is Election Reform Needed in the US?</big></big> | |||
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_the_United_States | |||
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/02/127962/three-electoral-reforms-improve/ | |||
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/democracy-reform_b_2909150.html | |||
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Electoral_System_Reform | |||
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Revision as of 15:47, 7 May 2015
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- Election Reform in the UK
May 2015, as the British election produces calls to change its system, the first-past-the-post/winner-take-all system.
This electoral system, brought to the US from the British Empire, is feeling 'its age' -- and
is no longer a popular voting system in advanced industrial democracies around the world
○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
- Why Is Election Reform Needed in the US?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_the_United_States
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/02/127962/three-electoral-reforms-improve/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/democracy-reform_b_2909150.html
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Electoral_System_Reform
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/22/5_signs_america_is_devolving_into_a_plutocracy_partner/
http://billmoyers.com/2015/05/01/political-reporters-refuse-show-us-money/
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/26/end-big-moneys-chokehold-democracy-amend-constitution
http://americamagazine.org/issue/catholic-case-campaign-finance-reform
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-destruction-of-the-wisconsin-supreme-court
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/us/politics/fec-says-campaign-fines-hit-record-low-in-2014.html
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