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Totts<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Frogface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frogface</span></a> has been a long-time supporter of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a></p><p>(Although curiously, the "policies" link on their site is dead)</p><p>However, Reform’s increase in support over recent months means it can now benefit significantly from the first-past-the-post system.</p><p>Reform is currently polling at 30 per cent, which under first-past-the-post voting could be enough to win a general election.</p><p>Will we witness a volte-face from Parliament's biggest Janus ?</p><p>(Cough) 😀</p>
Jeremy<p><a href="https://nwt.social/tags/palestineaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestineaction</span></a> engaged in non-violent non-destructive action against a military target to advance a political goal. <a href="https://nwt.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> is the use of violence against civilian targets to advance a political goal. It cannot be stressed enough that what PA did was the opposite of terrorism if that word still means anything. Starmer has sipped from the cup of false majority authoritarianism and he likes it. The UK needs <a href="https://nwt.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> desperately.</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>At first I was annoyed that the CBC published this first-person story from an Alberta separatist.</p><p>But he said: “I studied political science at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George and learned we've never had true proportional representation…”</p><p>Once again, Justin Trudeau's betrayal of “the last FPTP election” and rejection of Proportional Representation in 2015 led to the alienation felt today.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/gord-larson-first-person-1.7563659" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/gor</span><span class="invisible">d-larson-first-person-1.7563659</span></a></p>
PatternChaser<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@tinker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tinker</span></a></span> Personally, I rather see full <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a>, but what you describe is surely better than what we currently have... 👍</p>
Greengordon<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Nickiquote</span></a></span> </p><p>Allow me to fix this:</p><p>"Really enjoy the entire world having to worry about the minute-to-minute emotional state of a 79-year old narcissistic rapist and fraudster. It really brings home how effective [First Past the Post] democracy actually is."</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a></p>
Alison Creekside<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@PhoenixSerenity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PhoenixSerenity</span></a></span> Trudeau making ordinary liberals embarrassed to even mention <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> a decade later was his most lasting gift to permanent corporate hegemony.</p>
rhtunstall<p>Unelected Liberals: <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/NDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDP</span></a> Voters! You must vote in <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/MarkCarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCarney</span></a> for <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, help us prevent a Poilievre right wing takeover!</p><p>Elected Liberals: Fuck off NDP voters! Everyone knew Mark Carney was a progressive Conservative, no take backs!</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elbowsup</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/BuyersRemorse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyersRemorse</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LeftBehind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeftBehind</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/rankedchoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankedchoice</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/votingreformnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>votingreformnow</span></a></p>
Alison Creekside<p>This was so brilliant yesterday. <br>I learned so much.<br>Always learn from Pilon's lefty historical perspective and Coyne has been <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> 's most eloquent advocate imo for 30 years.<br>As our politics becomes more polarized, important to note that FPtP can elect an extremist majority gov like in the US but <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> cannot.<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t183TXmaGio" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=t183TXmaGio</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ProRep Coalition<p>This article is obviously UK oriented, but it's not hard to see how the two-party system in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> inevitably lets down <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/lgbtq_plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq_plus</span></a> folks. What's the alternative to voting Democrat when the party's leaders throw trans kids under the bus? How can a tiny legislature with only (barely) two political parties even begin to represent the gender diversity, culture and political diversity of a nation-sized state of 40 million people? <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EndTheDuopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheDuopoly</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2025/2/25/lgbtq-history-month-how-voting-systems-have-shaped-lgbtq-rights-and-representation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/20</span><span class="invisible">25/2/25/lgbtq-history-month-how-voting-systems-have-shaped-lgbtq-rights-and-representation/</span></a></p>
PAIGE! 🍁<p>The united Conservative Party was supposed to win elections. By attempting to appease all types of conservative this big tent party scares away voters who do not like all types of conservatism.</p><p>Canada’s conservatives would win more elections if they offered voters a range of options and hammered out formal coalitions.</p><p><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thehub.ca/2025/05/30/paige-saunders-and-sean-speer-the-contrarian-case-for-why-conservatives-should-embrace-electoral-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thehub.ca/2025/05/30/paige-sau</span><span class="invisible">nders-and-sean-speer-the-contrarian-case-for-why-conservatives-should-embrace-electoral-reform/</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>This should be happening throughout <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Electoralreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electoralreform</span></a> is way overdue. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elections-yukon-gearing-up-for-plebiscite-on-electoral-reform-1.7541239" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/north/elect</span><span class="invisible">ions-yukon-gearing-up-for-plebiscite-on-electoral-reform-1.7541239</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p>
PAIGE! 🍁<p>It’s hard not to be angry at the defenders of First Past The Post sometimes.<br>How wrong their theories were about the system keeping out radicals and creating strong stable government. </p><p><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/lCZ61yAQ0eE?si=gq4ePIB6UDMIFP2-" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/lCZ61yAQ0eE?si=gq4ePI</span><span class="invisible">B6UDMIFP2-</span></a></p>
M. Grégoire<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/@chris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>chris</span></a></span> I gave a presentation to the BC Citizens' Assembly. My main point was to argue against <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a> .</p><p>The major flaw of the BC-STV system the Citizens' Assembly recommended was its complexity. I gave a presentation about it at a luncheon (before the referendum), and though the ballots were simple enough to use, the people I explained it to weren't comfortable with the way it converted votes into elected legislators.</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/bcpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcpoli</span></a> <br><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ElectoralReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectoralReform</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>What a shame this was. The BC Citizen's Assembly came up with a really great made-for-BC form of Proportional Representation that checked off all the boxes. It would, in fact, be a great model for a PR system in the whole of Canada.</p><p>It gave people ranked choice, it preserved and emphasized local representation, it gave opportunities to small and large parties as well as independents even within large multi-member ridings, it ensured the results were still fair and representative, and it may have even reduced the tendency toward partisanship. And it could all still easily be done with a simple paper ballot.</p><p>But the entrenched interests in the BC Liberals and NDP could not possibly give in to the will of the people… and they spent the next decade destroying the consensus for it.</p><p><a href="https://citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/public/extra/stv_resources.xml2.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic/extra/stv_resources.xml2.htm</span></a></p><p>Here are their resources: </p><p>a PowerPoint/PDF: <a href="https://citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/resources/Weekend%20Session%20Readings/Weekend4Session2PPT.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/r</span><span class="invisible">esources/Weekend%20Session%20Readings/Weekend4Session2PPT.pdf</span></a></p><p>A/V presentations (in WMV format): <a href="https://citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/public/learning_resources/learning_materials/av.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic/learning_resources/learning_materials/av.htm</span></a></p><p>And a full report and other info: <a href="https://citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/public/extra/deliberation_weekend4.xml.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensassembly.arts.ubc.ca/p</span><span class="invisible">ublic/extra/deliberation_weekend4.xml.htm</span></a></p><p>It was a top-tier effort that I think the result of the referendum proved was appreciated, valued and accepted by the majority of the population across the province but which the government and political parties felt did not serve their purpose, so they shut it down.</p><p>And this is why people get so cynical.</p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/electoralreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralreform</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/bcpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany<p>PS: dear <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pfefferle</span></a></span> is there any way in your plugin to federate an archival post that long predates installation of your plugin?</p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/electoralreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralreform</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/bcpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a></p>
Chris Alemany<p>20 years ago this week a majority of BC voters approved a change to BC-STV, a homegrown form of proportional representation recommended by a Citizen’s Assembly of their peers.</p><p>Government ignored them and then ensured subsequent referenda failed.</p><p>I just stumbled on my post about it 20 years ago! I was more forgiving/naïve then.</p><p>Keep fighting. ✊ </p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/electoralreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electoralreform</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/bcpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bcpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/proportionalrepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proportionalrepresentation</span></a><br><a href="https://chrisalemany.ca/2005/05/18/bc-wants-electoral-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrisalemany.ca/2005/05/18/bc-</span><span class="invisible">wants-electoral-reform/</span></a></p>
Alan McConchie<p>A big article in the <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/CascadiaDaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CascadiaDaily</span></a> about the recent Whatcom County charter review meeting about <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RankedChoiceVoting</span></a>. It was really a fascinating meeting with four invited guests who are <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/RCV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCV</span></a> experts from around the country. Well worth watching the video of the meeting (linked at the end of the article) <a href="https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/may/14/ranked-choice-voting-considered-in-whatcom-but-it-would-cost-auditor-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cascadiadaily.com/2025/may/14/</span><span class="invisible">ranked-choice-voting-considered-in-whatcom-but-it-would-cost-auditor-says/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://subdued.social/tags/BellinghamWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BellinghamWA</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/Whatcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whatcom</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/WhatcomCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatcomCounty</span></a> <a href="https://subdued.social/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a></p>
PAIGE! 🍁<p>What electoral district in <a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> had the highest number of conservative voters per square kilometer?</p><p><a href="https://masto.canadiancivil.com/tags/ProportionalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProportionalRepresentation</span></a></p>
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