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Make Votes Matter

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Make Votes Matter is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which campaigns for replacing the archaic first-past-the-post voting system with one of proportional representation for elections to the British House of Commons. The group was founded in 2015.

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!rcv@ponder.cat

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The Voting System That Actually Represents Everyone (peertube.wtf)
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[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Interesting that STV doesn’t punish voters for voting for a popular candidate.

But there are different methods to apportion those "excess" votes. Proportionally based on second choice, other runoff methods. Gets more complicated as you dig farther.