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Election Reform

wayanr

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10. Proportional representation provides minority representation

Reply to The Wizard (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 30, 2024, 01:52 PM

Jan 2024

I'm not sure what you mean by "minority rule".
Proportional representation is sometimes summarized as majority control with minority representation. If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. With a 5-member district, over 5/6s of the voters voted for at least one representative at the table.
https://fairvote.org/ and http://rcvresources.org/ offer information on ranked choice voting and proportional representation.

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