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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 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?

What is a Citizens’ Assembly?

What is Proportional Representation?

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is such a dumb take. Proportional voting has already been happening in Nebraska and Maine for 30 and 50 years respectively: https://electoralvotemap.com/which-states-split-their-electoral-votes/

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Ok, I’ll bite. I was talking about nationally. Yes, states can decide how their electors must vote. The elector, however, can break state law and their decision is final, even if they face charges back home.

There is no way the senate will ever be proportional. And yes, while individual states may implement it, the House of Representatives will never be proportional unless a constitutional amendment awards seats by population directly