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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · 22d

STV is a form of PR. PR just means it’s proportional, and seats match votes.

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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · Sep 1

🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission

— FPTP “threatens to undermine the resilience and stability of our democratic system”, @appgfairelections.bsky.social MPs say
— The group is calling on ministers to greenlight its plan

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Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission - Politics.co.uk

A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair e...

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · Sep 1

📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward

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National Commission on Electoral Reform: Terms of Reference

APPG for Fair Elections

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Sep 1

We have the first ever cast vote records from an approval voting election! ✅✅☑️✅
The St. Louis data is conclusive: voters embraced the system's flexibility. 33% approved multiple candidates, debunking bullet voting myths.
felixsargent.com/democracy/20...

St. Louis Approval Voting: What the Cast Vote Records Reveal

Analysis of cast vote records from St. Louis's approval voting election reveals that voters embraced the system as intended, with 33% supporting multiple can...

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The Center for Election Science @electionscience.bsky.social · Aug 7

This day in 2022: "Is There a Better System Than Ranked-Choice Voting?"
"No rankings, no runoffs, no assigning each candidate a numerical score between 0 and 99"
https://www.wweek.com/news/dr-know/2022/08/07/is-there-a-better-system-than-ranked-choice-voting/

#approvalvoting #votingreform #fptp

Is There a Better System Than Ranked-Choice Voting?

www.wweek.com

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 7

I've no love for IRV, but STV is good enough.

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 7

> We would conclude by emphasising that our basic recommendation is that there should be electoral reform. Whatever arguments there maybe about the systems we have described, these should not be allowed to obscure our fundamental and unanimous decision.

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 7

Essential reading for the history of proportional representation and electoral reform in the UK

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 7

📊 The complete 1976 Hansard Society Commission on Electoral Reform is now on @archive.org

I've converted the PDF to markdown/epub with:
✅ Verified election data tables (1918-1974)
✅ Clean formatting and structure
✅ Full accessibility

@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
@electoralreform.bsky.social

Commission On Electoral Reform ( 1976) : The Hansard Society : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Report Of The Hansard Society Commission On Electoral Reform

archive.org

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · Aug 4

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I'm stunned to find myself writing this, but I can suddenly see a route to PR

It's partly the rise of Reform, of course, but partly about the Labour rule-book

NEW COL explains www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/707...

PR is no longer unthinkable

Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas, but if and when Labour members pick the next PM, electoral reform could become unavoidable

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 4

I want a sticker set of all the emoji. Not some, all of them. Why is this hard?

Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 2

I’m worried that RCV is an intentional wedge issue that stops voting reform. Alternative Vote (an RCV method) failed in the UK because of its complexity.

No matter how much we want proportional representation the UK, RCV will cause it to fail.

Our opponents are counting on it.

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 2

The electoral reform movement is hamstrung by so much of the good work being done behind closed doors, and not wanting to celebrate until we win the war.
We need to be loud about every meeting. Every letter to the editor.

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Aug 2

RCV is a tax on the electoral reform movement.

The Center for Election Science @electionscience.bsky.social · Aug 1

Don't let the debate over a single controversial reform like #RCV overshadow other good ideas for improving our #elections. Focusing solely on one solution can cause us to miss out on other valuable changes. electionscience.org/education#so...
#starvoting #prorep

The Center for Election Science | Our Work

Learn about problems like vote splitting, the center squeeze effect, the spoiler effect as well as solutions like approval voting.

electionscience.org

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Jul 1

Best!

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Jun 20

Approval.vote is down while working with
@electionscience.bsky.social
to renew the domain, but in the meanwhile it’s available on approvalvoting.report

Approval.vote

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Saad Asad @realsaadasad.bsky.social · Jun 8

Honestly, this is so confusing. Makes me much prefer Approval Voting instead of ranked choice voting.

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Apr 22

They’re green!

Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Apr 7

Densification is the solution, no?

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · Apr 6

There are a lot of interesting details for scholars to explore about basically everything, but for practitioners you get the most value out of the basics:

— Moderates do better at elections
— Free trade makes most people better off
— The past was poorer

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digory @digoryk.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please consider approval voting instead. It's much simpler for voters, and also simpler to count.

It's vital that our country gets rid of first past the post, and RCV is too complex-seeming to get the popular support it needs.

Approval voting is an easy sell "vote for whoever you approve of"

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Felix Sargent @fsargent.bsky.social · Mar 26

Great info. Why would ranked choice be easier though? I find “pick all you like, most votes wins” answers all the questions.

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The Center for Election Science @electionscience.bsky.social · Feb 28

As North Dakota Law makers move to repeal Approval Voting in Fargo, its an important time to revisit why the citizens voted to fix their elections in the first place. Learn more here https://electionscience.org/education/fargo-success #fargo #approvalvoting

Success Stories: Fargo Before and After Approval Voting | Center for Election Science

Success Stories: Fargo Before and After Approval Voting

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The Center for Election Science @electionscience.bsky.social · Feb 19

Early voting is underway in St. Louis. This is the third election cycle in the city using approval voting.

Early voting begins in St. Louis municipal primary

There are contested primaries for mayor, comptroller and to represent the 3rd and 11th wards on the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

www.stlpr.org

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