Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality

Re:Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality by rndmize on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @07:10PM (#17087199)

You can still have an impact. Make noise in favor of things like open primaries, proportional representation, and instant-runoff/score/range voting.

Imo one of the biggest problems with our current system (single winner FPTP) is it results in two parties, with various side effects such as extremist candidates in primaries, complete lack of representation for minority voters, and gerrymandered districts. Moving towards better systems would help a great deal.

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Re:Senate votes to reinstate net neutrality by ncallaway on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:49PM (#17088340)

I fully agree with your last point. In fairly exciting news Maine has adopted Ranked Choice Voting as of the last election cycle. It was tested in the courts and survived, so they'll be using RCV for their upcoming elections (both primary and general).

If things go well, that can be an example for the rest of the country. More states should follow the Maine example!

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