Proportional Representation

Election Reform in the US

It's time for Proportional Representation

It's time for Preference Voting Systems like "Ranked Voting" or "Instant-Runoff Voting"

Time to move away from dated "first-past-the-post" --- "winner-take-all" electoral systems...

FairVote.Org

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Election Reform in the UK

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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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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US Political "Duopoly"

Via Wikipedia

See also: Two-party system

Modern American politics, in particular the electoral college system has been described as duopolistic since the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated and framed policy debate as well as the public discourse on matters of national concern for about a century and a half. Third Parties have encountered various blocks in getting onto ballots at different levels of government as well as other electoral obstacles, more so in recent decades.

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Ballot access for US presidential candidates

Profound obstacles in the way of Independent ('Third-Party') candidates obtaining ballot access in states.