@PR_STV

Proportional Representation Society of Australia; advocating for representative democracy using PR-STV and multi-member electorates.

 Australia
represent.org.au
Joined August 2016
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New on the PRSA website: We’d all like our governments to represent us, the people. Unfortunately the method we use to elect our governments doesn’t deliver representation that matches the diversity of views found in the electorate. #PR_STV #STV #auspol represent.org.au
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The Slate article linked in Professor Hasen's blog entry is well worth reading. He is one of the USA's premier election law specialists, and was founding co-editor of the Election Law Journal.
Rick Hasen@rickhasenOct 24
#ELB: Strong Motion to Dismiss DOJ’s Alaska Case Ends with An Appropriate Call to Punish DOJ Attorneys for Filing What May Be the Weakest Election Law Complaint Ever ift.tt/0CfcLQT

Strong Motion to Dismiss DOJ's Alaska Case Ends with An Appropriate Call to Punish DOJ Attorneys...

Read it here.

electionlawblog.org
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1/7 We’ve been seeking Proportional Representation for half a century. #ProportionalRepresentation #SingleTransferableVote #FairVotes #reformuk #NigelFarage #TheGreenParty #LibDems #PlaidCymru @NewhamIndParty
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As Alberta votes on separation, remember "Western Alienation" grew after '80 when Liberals won a majority without seats west of MB & imposed the NEP. Proportional representation would end distorted results painting entire provinces as one-party monoliths shut out of power.
Map showing the popular vote and seat distribution by province and territory in the 1980 Canadian federal election. The image highlights a strong regional divide, with red shading across Eastern Canada where Pierre Trudeau's Liberals won a majority of seats—including 74 seats in Quebec and 52 in Ontario—while winning 0 seats west of Manitoba. Blue and orange shading cover Western Canada, where Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives and Ed Broadbent's New Democrats won all seats in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.

ALT Map showing the popular vote and seat distribution by province and territory in the 1980 Canadian federal election. The image highlights a strong regional divide, with red shading across Eastern Canada where Pierre Trudeau's Liberals won a majority of seats—including 74 seats in Quebec and 52 in Ontario—while winning 0 seats west of Manitoba. Blue and orange shading cover Western Canada, where Joe Clark's Progressive Conservatives and Ed Broadbent's New Democrats won all seats in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories.

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In November, Alaska will again use ranked choice voting for all federal and state elections – including tight U.S. Senate & House races. Get the facts about Alaska’s ranked choice voting elections, all in one place ⬇️ fairvote.org/press/fact-shee…

Fact Sheet: Alaska's 2026 ranked choice voting elections - FairVote

Alaska will again use ranked choice voting (RCV) for all federal and state general elections, including for Senate, governor, and U.S. House.

fairvote.org
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“we believe that IRV has some logistical and pragmatic advantages over Condorcet.” We concur, but still prefer multi-member Quota Preferential
Institute for Mathematics and Democracy@Inst_Math_DemOct 13
Empirical Analysis of Ranked Choice Voting Methods: Phase 2 Report Now Available To read the report, access our data and visualizations, and check out our repository of datasets and code, visit the project webpage: mathematics-democracy-instit…
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🗳️ Partisan or not, single-seat or multi-seat, federal or local, ranked choice voting has the potential to make room for women in every U.S. election. Read the full case study here: bit.ly/3W79GOR
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📖 In this week’s Weekend Reading, Cynthia Richie Terrell marks a historic moment: 115 years ago this weekend, California became the sixth state in the U.S. where women could vote on equal terms with men. Read the full article here. bit.ly/3TMVdae
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For those who may be interested, I will be giving talk at the ACT Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs on 21 October on the topic "How Elections Can Fail". Details are here. aiiaact.glueup.com/event/how…

How Elections Can Fail | Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT Branch

At a time when democratic norms are increasingly under challenge internationally, the significance of elections as critical turning points for a country's future has seldom been greater. A successful...

aiiaact.glueup.com
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28 per cent of the vote -- by far the lowest winning percentage in modern Canadian history. And yet they still came within a few seats of a majority. Not quite as insane a result as it might have been, but still pretty insane. electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/res…

Results and statistics

Elections Québec communicates results, statistics and voter turnout of recent elections.

electionsquebec.qc.ca
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PRSA meet-up, see you at the Tally Room live podcast event on Tuesday 1 December: tallyroom.com.au/68665
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"Make Votes Matter CEO Emma Harrison said: 'This is a historic moment. For too long, our dysfunctional voting system has denied millions of people a  meaningful say over who governs them. Andy Burnham now has the opportunity to be remembered as the Prime Minister who changed British politics for good.'” leftfootforward.org/2026/09/…

Campaigners hail 'historic moment' as Andy Burnham announces national commission on electoral...

The prime minister has taken the next step towards changing the voting system

leftfootforward.org
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Reminder: if you are teaching urban politics, NYC politics, or electoral systems… …you can view all the 2025 council results here (jacksantucci.github.io/nyc-p…), simulate other electoral systems, and compare several resulting indices used in comparative politics.
Observed results by party

ALT Observed results by party

Comparative-politics indices given the observed system parameters and election results

ALT Comparative-politics indices given the observed system parameters and election results

A taste of the candidate-level results. Each simulated system generates such a list.

ALT A taste of the candidate-level results. Each simulated system generates such a list.

Party-level results under MMP with options to adjust assembly size and the allocation formula

ALT Party-level results under MMP with options to adjust assembly size and the allocation formula

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Replying to @EliyahuNeiman @MassieNation19
To get #ProportionalRepresentation at the federal level, you would indeed need to repeal that 1967 federal law banning it. But nothing stops cities and states from using it. We're working on the California state legislature. Several US cities including Portland *already* use PR.
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Applications for the 2027 Electoral Integrity Fellowship program is open until 30 Oct. Apply here and please pass on... electoralintegrityproject.co…
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It was always a pleasure to speak with Tim Read, including just four months ago about group voting tickets – an issue he fought hard on and ultimately recently succeeded in getting rid of Vale
6 News Australia@6NewsAUSep 19
#BREAKING 🚨 Dr Tim Read, the member for Brunswick in the Victorian Parliament, has died, the Greens have announced He was not contesting the November state election after revealing earlier this year he had been diagnosed with metastatic cancer
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Did you know the #FairRepAct would: ✅ Solve partisan gerrymandering ✅ Make every congressional district competitive ✅ Encourage politicians to represent everyone instead of just their base Learn more about the Fair Representation Act ⬇️ fairvote.org/our-reforms/fai…

Fair Representation Act - FairVote

The Fair Representation Act is the bold solution that solves the problems of gerrymandering and uncompetitive elections for U.S. House.

fairvote.org
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Step back from the court rulings and behold: What a stupid electoral system when you can state in advance how the seats are sure to split!
Michael Li 李之樸@mcpliSep 10
BREAKING: The Supreme Court pauses a federal district court order that directed Missouri to use a gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms. The midterms instead will be conducted under the old 6R-2D map. No noted dissents.
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Not since the Civil Rights Movement have so many Americans been determined to fix our broken politics. While Congress remains gridlocked, cities & states are meeting the moment w/ ranked choice voting. @MeredithSumpter in @dsallentess' The Renovator ⬇️ democracyrenovator.com/p/why…

Why Ranked Choice Voting Meets the Moment in Cities and States

Lessons from the Midterms and Beyond.

democracyrenovator.com
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A labour strike in Winnipeg eventually led to proportional representation in Winnipeg for Manitoba voters. Happy Labour Day. 😊😊😊 cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/…

How Manitoba broke ground with a decades-long proportional representation experiment now 'faded...

For a long but largely forgotten period of Manitoba's history, voters were represented by multi-member constituencies and voted by ranking their candidates in order of preference. But just as...

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my latest attempt to think differently about the meaning of democracy and why people consider it to be a desirable way of life and legitimate form of government @TodaInstitute toda.org/publications/policy…

The Spirit of Democracy | Toda Peace Institute

This paper proposes a new understanding of the collectively shared, ‘deeper than words’ beliefs that nurture people’s sense of what counts as democracy and why they consider it to be a desirable way...

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