(Being pedantic here) A couple US states technically use proportional representation in the apportionment of electors in a presidential election (Nebraska and Maine), although it's of course dubious if an elector actually counts as a representative, given how ephemeral they are.
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What is This Group is About?/De Quoi Parle ce Groupe?
The unofficial Lemmy movement to bring proportional representation to all levels of government in Canada.
Voters deserve more choice and accountability from all politicians.
Le mouvement non officiel de Lemmy visant à amener la représentation proportionnelle à tous les niveaux de gouvernement au Canada.
Les électeurs méritent davantage de choix et de responsabilité de la part de tous les politiciens.
- What is First-Past-The-Post (FPP)?
- What is Proportional Representation (PR)?
- What is a Citizens’ Assembly?
- Why referendums aren't necessary
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Official Organizations/Organisations Officielles
- Fair Vote Canada
- Fair Voting BC
- Charter Challenge for Fair Voting
- Make Votes Equal / Make Seats Match Votes
- FairVote US
- Make Votes Matter UK
We're looking for more moderators, especially those who are of French and indigenous identities.
Nous recherchons davantage de modérateurs, notamment ceux qui sont d'identité française et autochtone.
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I wish people would learn that Columbia isn't a country, Colombia is.
If english is not your first language the mistake is harder to avoid. In my native tongue Colombia is called Kolumbija so going to english you can see where the confusion may lie.
Technically Colombia once was a part of Columbia
There’s 2 typos so far lol
As someone from Lithuania, you have no idea how crazy our politics can get and how heavily our democracy relies on a rule that a party, in order to get into the parliament, must get at least 5% of the total votes.
I always suspected that Australia wasn't really a democracy.
This got FPPTP.
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First past past the post?
That's what it says, so it must be true