@dsallentess.bsky.social and Meredith Sumpter for @americanbar.org: "Proportional representation is a structural solution that would make gerrymandering far harder and give voters representation proportional to their actual support. www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/... #ProportionalRepresentation

Democratic Legitimacy: Voting Rights and Proportional Representation

After Callais v. Louisiana, winner-take-all districts make racial and partisan gerrymandering inevitable, and proportional representation through the Fair Representation Act would better protect votin...

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Genuine question for my fellow Californians: if the same party ran everything for 60 years and we still rank 38th in education and have the worst housing shortage in the country... at what point do we ask if the system itself is broken? California needs #ProportionalRepresentation.

If California had 6 political parties instead of 2, which one would actually represent YOU? We built a quiz to help you find out 👉 www.prorepcoalition.org/multiparty-q... #ProportionalRepresentation

Multiparty Quiz | ProRep California Electoral Reform

If California's state legislature had six political parties, which would you belong to?

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Sacramento! Do you want to help build a better, more inclusive and more representative democracy in California? Join me and @prorepcoalition.bsky.social and @indivisiblesac.bsky.social and @betterballotsac.bsky.social on October 6 and help us design a better election system. It's hella fun!

Sacramento Democracy Reform Town Hall: Help Shape California’s Future

Learn about democracy reform and help shape a fairer electoral system with more choices and better representation for California.

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83% of the world's advanced democracies use #ProportionalRepresentation. California is a state that purports to lead on innovation but is stuck with a 200-year-old winner-take-all system. We can do better. Learn more at: www.prorepcoalition.org/what-is-prop...

#ProportionalRepresentation would fix more things beyond gerrymandering and polarization.

Make Votes Matter@makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 2w ago

Proportional Representation can help make our democracy more resilient and limit the influence of dodgy donors. That's another reason to join the movement for fair votes.

California is the world's 4th largest economy — and one party has controlled it for 60 of the last 65 years. That's not a healthy democracy, that's a monopoly on power. It's high time to break the monopoly, unfuck the system, and make #ProportionalRepresentation a reality.

"Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez... [urged] the... establishing a bipartisan Select Committee on #ElectoralReform... [which] would investigate options such as multi-member districts with #ProportionalRepresentation..." gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/rep-gl...

Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez Testifies on Her Bills to Clean Up Congress

WASHINGTON, DC — Last week, Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez attended a hearing held by the House Committee on Rules to advocate for changes to House rules for next Congress. She urged the commi...

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"The Twin Falls County Fair wrapped up as independent U.S. Senate candidate Todd Achilles campaigned there... Achilles, a veteran and former state legislator... wants to... end gerrymandering, replacing it with #ProportionalRepresentation." www.kmvt.com/2026/09/08/s...

Senate candidate Todd Achilles talks costs, health care at Twin Falls County Fair

The Twin Falls County Fair wrapped up as independent U.S. Senate candidate Todd Achilles campaigned there, discussing rising costs, health care and congressional reform with voters in the Magic Valley...

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"This gerrymandering that's been going on has just been abused by both parties. We need to replace it once and for all with #ProportionalRepresentation." www.military.com/exclusive-ar...

Exclusive: Army Veteran Todd Achilles, an Idaho Independent, Aims to Upset Three-Term GOP Sen. Jim Risch

Achilles talked to Military.com about fighting corruption, better health care, and ending endless wars. He faces 83-year-old GOP Sen. Jim Risch.

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Same for US and California voters, really. #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopooly

Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪@brexitbin.bsky.social · 4w ago

The thing about proportional representation is that it allows you to vote FOR something – as opposed to first-past-the-post where you often find yourself voting AGAINST something. That's a huge difference, and something most English voters have never experienced.

@fairvote.bsky.social: "In 2026, a range of political scientists and legal scholars, elected officials, and voting rights leaders across the political spectrum have shared their support for #ProportionalRepresentation in American elections." fairvote.org/who-supports...

Who supports proportional representation? - FairVote

Elected officials, legal scholars, academics, and voting rights leaders across the political spectrum support proportional representation.

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Coming from Denmark with 6 million people and 10+ parties in parliament, it is hard to imagine the US with 340+ million people only having 2 parties! Time to adopt Proportional Representation? @fixourhouse.bsky.social @prorepcoalition.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/ripple/2026/...

Americans hate the two-party system but don’t know what should replace it

Voters overwhelmingly want something different, but don’t know or understand the reform options on the table.

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"There are deeper reforms that could be undertaken, as well. Adopting #ProportionalRepresentation would restore competitive elections to the House and end the scourge of gerrymandering forever." newrepublic.com/article/2139...

Make Congress Great Again

Much of what ails us can be blamed on the steady degradation of the legislature as the other branches of government grabbed power for themselves. It’s time to start undoing the damage.

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We agree 100% Although technically, we also think that #ProportionalRepresentation can't happen soon enough and so would prefer it in the shorter run to improve our outlook of the longer run.

Rachael Koev@rachaelkoev.bsky.social · last mo.

In the longer run, I think we need proportional representation to start moving away from our rigid two-party system. Personally, I'd like our politics to not be dominated by two behemoths.

We see this right now, both in the US by Republicans and in California by Democrats. Two-party systems result in one-party domination too often, destroying all checks and balances. Multi-party competition just works better. #ProportionalRepresentation #EndTheDuopoly #FairSeats #EndPolarization

Fair Vote Canada 🗳️🍁@fairvote.ca · last mo.

Under first-past-the-post, governments can easily steamroll communities in safe opposition ridings without electoral backlash. ​Proportional representation changes this. Every vote impacts seat totals, requiring governments to care about all communities, not just swing seats.

“We need a more proportional Congress. We would have, I think, more new – sometimes young and fresh – candidates. ‘Return to normal,’ in my view, won’t work.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social shares why we need proportional representation in an interview with @politico.com. #ProportionalRepresentation ⬇️

We really do need #ProportionalRepresentation, and it can all start with California!

Leif Harmsen@harmsen.net · last mo.

What the USA really needs is a proper multi party Proportional Representation voting system. Spoilers and gerrymandering shouldn't be and don't need to be a thing.

Gary has been a long-time champion of #ProportionalRepresentation.

Gary Swing@kiwilimegreens.bsky.social · last mo.

I wrote this in 2023, opposing efforts by both Democrats and Republicans to destroy minor parties in Colorado. At the end of the commentary, I wrote about proportional representation and ballot access reform - critical everywhere in the United States. www.westword.com/news/democra...

youtu.be/zZeyGIGq7SM #farroncousins A new poll finds broad support for reshaping Congress, including adding 150 House seats and proportional representation—changes advocates say could improve representation and curb partisan gerrymandering. Farron Cousins | Farron Balanced

Fed Up Americans Want DRASTIC Changes In Congress

YouTube video by Farron Balanced

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"Contrary to popular belief, [young people] haven’t given up on politics [but] want a different kind of politics and are drawn to reforms like #ProportionalRepresentation with the potential to make democracy more representative, inclusive, and dynamic." www.newamerica.org/insights/gen...

And if we do our job right, many Americans will learn about #ProportionalRepresentation after they see California implement it for the state legislature. And then everyone can see for themselves how it is fairer and more functional and why most democracies chose it.

@everyripple.bsky.social · last mo.

Eventually Americans will learn about Proportional Representation elections that 90 democracies use with great success -- eliminating vote splitting, increasing choice and therefore voter participation, eliminating policy lurch - -- and ask why Dems NEVER MENTIONED IT. @govandybeshear.bsky.social

One week out. We're continuing America After Trump live with @protectdemocracy.org on Aug. 19 at 12:30 PM ET: the threats to the 2026 midterms and how proportional representation could end the gerrymandering wars. Register: protdem.org/AfterTrump

The fix is proportional representation: a party's share of seats matches its share of votes. A party that wins 40 percent of the vote wins about 40 percent of the seats, so gerrymandered maps stop working. Our report, When Maps Don't Matter, shows how it would work. protectdemocracy.org/maps

When maps don't determine electoral outcomes

Under proportional representation, gerrymandering is prohibitively difficult. The system would end the redistricting wars for good.

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Under gerrymandering, candidates get to pick their voters to make sure their seats are safe. #ProportionalRepresentation lets *you* pick your representative.

Protect Democracy@protectdemocracy.org · 2mo ago

Recently, 500+ scholars—including Ruth—urged Congress to end the redistricting wars by adopting proportional representation. Read what the country’s leading redistricting and voting rights experts had to say to Congress. protdem.org/pr-is-the-fix

Proportional representation is the best answer now. I'm biased, because a version of it elected me 5 times to the Cambridge City Council. But I can attest that it works!

Ruth Greenwood@ruthgreenwood.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've spent my career fighting gerrymandering through litigation, advocacy, and public education. I even lost huge in the Supreme Court. After Callais, I'm convinced the tools are nearly gone. The problem is structural. My case for proportional representation, in @GlobeOpinion: protdem.org/45XQYuL

"...2029 has to be a year of action... House reform: ...adopting multi-member districts with #ProportionalRepresentation, so that everyone, across race and ethnicity and geography and ideology, can have a voice in the People’s House." www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Ben Wikler Has a Plan to Supercharge American Democracy

Democrats can save the country from an authoritarian takeover, but to do so they must focus on systemic reforms, the author argues in this adaptation from his new book.

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A new poll from @fixourhouse.bsky.social & @newamerica.org finds voters support proportional representation by a 2-to-1 margin. Support was high for GOP, Dem, & independent voters. PR & multi-member districts would end gerrymandering & give everyone a voice in Congress. www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...

Voters are sick of the 2-party system. A new poll shows they're open to big changes

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.

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We are winning the battle for #ProportionalRepresentation!

David Combest@decombest.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Proportional representation has majority support in new poll : NPR www.npr.org/2026/08/10/n...

Indeed, we're starting to see more US leaders talk about #ProportionalRepresentation as well (particularly as people become more and more upset about all the gerrymandering).

Protect Democracy@protectdemocracy.org · 2mo ago

Protect Democracy's Grant Tudor explains how the shift among U.K. leaders embracing proportional representation offers American reformers a modern blueprint for building a less polarized democracy. Read his full analysis for @theunpopulist.net here ⬇️