Fair Vote Manitoba
@mbfairvote
FVM is non-partisan. We advocate for #ProportionalRepresentation in Manitoba. Honor Treaties 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10; Metis homeland. Join us: [email protected]
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27-07-2019 20:08:05
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No matter who "wins" the gerrymandering wars, the voters will lose. But we can end gerrymandering for good with the Fair Representation Act. FairVote CEO Meredith Sumpter explains how the #FairRepAct puts voters at the center of our democracy w/ #ProportionalRepresentation⬇️
America's winner-take-all districts make voters into resources for the parties to divide. To get a democracy that's of, by, and for the people, we need proportional representation. Dr. Jonathan Hembrough Madison R Street Institute rstreet.org/commentary/pr-…
Dan Hogan Nahanni #FBPPR Heath Mayo Lynn G. Henning New Zealand’s Jack Buchanan created this great explainer for MMP in the run up to an election there. NZ made the switch from winner-take-all to MMP for their House of Representatives back in 1996. youtu.be/AuMy9opKwEY?si…
"This isn’t a race to the bottom any more; we are there. The congressional map might have its last meaningful races gerrymandered away. The solutions exist in reforms like #RankedChoiceVoting & #ProportionalRepresentation." – David Daley in The Nation thenation.com/article/politi…
Let the @albertandp Naheed Nenshi pledge to enact proportional representation in order to bring the voices of Albertans in the legislature. The legislature is where all voices belong but are presently shut out with first-past-the-post.