@JackTheCat They won't. Neither will the fascists. It suits whoever is in power to maintain the status quo. #FPTP got them there despite the fact it's corrupt, undemocratic and NFFP . Out of power 'they' look for any wrinkle. Remember #LINO promised a review and change to the electoral system in their last manifesto. Now? "too many other pressing issues"...my rse!
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No More First Past the Post Elections
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/2025-les-pr?source=Mastodon
actionnetwork.org📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elections into a lottery — where few people get what they want and most votes don’t matter.
The 2024 General Election and 2025 Local and Mayoral elections have exposed just how unfair and disproportional the system really is. It’s eroding trust in politics and failing to deliver stable governance.
💥 It’s time for a voting system that reflects all our voices. That’s why I’m join the fight for Proportional Representation, so that every vote counts equally.
✍️ Sign the petition now and demand real democracy:
First Past The Post voting has had its day.
Elections should grant everyone a vote that matters, but ours deprive most of us of a representative of our choosing.
With 5 parties polling strongly, our voting system is delivering chaos and turning elections into a lottery - where few people get what they want. It simply can't cope with the multi-party politics we have in the UK.
actionnetwork.org📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!The 2025 Local Election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning elections into a lottery — where few people get what they want and most votes don’t matter.
The 2024 General Election and 2025 Local and Mayoral elections have exposed just how unfair and disproportional the system really is. It’s eroding trust in politics and failing to deliver stable governance.
💥 It’s time for a voting system that reflects all our voices. That’s why I’m join the fight for Proportional Representation, so that every vote counts equally.
✍️ Sign the petition now and demand real democracy:
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@ChrisMayLA6 Broadening the franchise is pointless without replacing the discredited #FPTP system with PR.
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@RollingStone @all-news-RollingStone
Mathematically, in a #FPtP system, they are just as much to blame for this mess as the #fascists.
Unlock Democracy: There's lots to celebrate in the Government's elections strategy, but we want to push them to go further to protect our democracy. Please sign our letter.
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/174747/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=bs
Unlock DemocracyGovernment's elections strategyThere's lots to celebrate in the Government's elections strategy, but we want to push them to go further to protect our democracy. Please sign our letter.
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@cpereira @FairVoteIL I think approval voting should be tried but both this method and #RCV are better than #FPTP
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Labour have scrapped First Past the Post for some local elections - this shift is a direct result of people speaking out and demanding fair votes. Can you join us and sign this petition calling for Proportional Representation for all elections so every vote counts equally every time? It only takes a sec: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/2025-les-pr?source=washarer #FPTP
I should be packed and on my way to #GothsOnAField right now, but my brain wouldn't let me go until I wrote some code.
This is the start of a piece of work to demonstrate visually the value of preferential voting systems such as #AV over #FPTP. There will be a companion piece to demonstrate the value of #PR systems.
https://codeberg.org/diffrentcolours/whyprefvote
The long term goal is an actual grassroots movement for #VotingReform in the UK, separate from political parties.
But for now I've written enough that I can go hang out in a barn and watch #Goth #LiveMusic for a weekend.
Codeberg.orgwhyprefvoteA Python script to generate some randomized data to demonstrate the value of preferential voting
The British Columbia Special Committee on Democratic and Electoral Reform is asking for submissions. If you feel strongly about election reform in BC then tell them!
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"If #KeirStarmer really wants to counter #Reform, he needs to change an #electoralprocess that punishes parties for having broad appeal. It’s the single biggest change he can make as #primeminister that will stop the #hardright seizing power
Here is the single thing #Labour can do to see off Reform and make #Britishpolitics work | Will Hayward | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/27/labour-reform-uk-british-politics-nigel-farage
#Fptp
#PR
#firstpastthepost
#proportionalrepresentation
#UKpol
#UKpolitics
#electoralreform
The Guardian · Here is the single thing Labour can do to see off Reform and make British politics work
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I can't resist, time for another Ben #voting rant:
"Nearly a quarter of #NYC’s early voters were new #Democratic #primary participants"
So #Mamdani's chances of winning today is propelled by people showing the fuck up
If he wins he moves us toward remaking the #Democrats further #left
nonAmericans/ naive people:
In the stupid American #FPTP voting system 3rd party only divides the left. Duverger's Law
So we have to remake the dems, this is our only way forward
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Gothamist · Nearly a quarter of NYC’s early voters were new Democratic primary participantsA total of 385,184 New Yorkers voted early in this primary election, compared to 191,197 in 2021.
"Make Canada's voting system fair and proportional!"
Sign the petition
Leadnow.caMake Canada's voting system fair and proportional!Canadians are tired of our broken voting system.
After Trudeau broke his promise of reforming our electoral system in 2015, apathy and cynicism towards our democracy has grown. If Canada is to weather the challenges that come our way, we must strengthen our democracy by making our voting systems more fair through proportional representation. As our new Prime Minister, Mark Carney has an opportunity to deliver on this broken promise!
Proportional representation would ensure majority...
UKpol: George Monbiot on the endof Labour
If you'd like to speak in support of proportional representation in British Columbia, apply here by May 29:
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Liking this analysis of the #fptp versus #pr debate https://electoral-reform.org.uk/whats-wrong-with-first-past-the-post/
This bit is so true - "Manifestos are designed with swing seats in mind – and parties spend most of their money campaigning in them.
That means that if you happen to live in a safe seat, your political views are, in essence, irrelevant to the political parties. And that means that many of us are ignored by the politicians who are supposed to represent us"
electoral-reform.org.ukWhat’s wrong with First Past the Post?First Past the Post (FPTP) is the name for the voting system used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to Westminster.It’s also used in a variety of other elections across the UK, inc
But still Labour won't give us PR, they want to lose to ReformUK, don't they?