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  • “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy [13 March 1962]

    Sounds like the solution is to make non violent revolution possible!

    First Past The Post voting artificially limits the number of viable political parties to two. I know people love to trash non voters, but they are a symptom of our mathematically flawed voting system. More viable political parties means a bigger portion of the electorate is represented by their options in the polls. More people will feel invested in the poltical process, that their voice was truly heard in the voting booth.

    Given how… concerned… some are about 3rd party voters spoiling elections, electoral reform truly is the way forward. Believe it or not, telling people how to cast their vote is not the solution. We can solve the spoiler effect entirely at its source by changing how we vote. Then those concerned with the spoiler effect can stop freaking out at people for voting how they want. Think of the time they will save!

    Fortunately there are many other more representative electoral systems we can use to better effect change. Replacing First-past-the-post voting will give people the freedom to vote for those who they feel best reflects their values and interests. All while still counting their vote against those they don’t want in public office.

    How we vote is controlled at the state level, so we don’t need to wait for a miracle from the federal level to accomplish this much needed reform. In fact, a couple states have already passed electoral reform in their state. Alaska just passed a referendum to continue using Ranked Choice voting this last election actually.

    Electoral reform isn’t just about the 3rd parties as well. The two legacy parties will be forced to compete on a equal playing field, and with no “safe states”. We should lessen the importance of any one party because this is not the United States of Republicans/Democrats. This is America. Everyone should be heard and included.

    First Past The Post voting

    Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.

    STAR voting

    Alternative vote

    Ranked Choice voting

    Range Voting

    Single Transferable Vote

    Mixed Member Proportional representation