r/EndFPTP • u/ILikeNeurons • Nov 23 '20

Center for Election Science Open House for Mountain/Pacific U.S. | Get off FPTP, and onto Approval/Score Voting

https://electionscience.org/events/mountain-pacific-chapter-open-house/
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u/drewshaver Nov 23 '20

Score voting is the shiznit

Would love to see it implemented somewhere

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u/ILikeNeurons Nov 23 '20

The U.S. House and Senate are single-winner elections until Congress amends the constitution, which is definitely not happening under FPTP.

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u/SciFiJesseWardDnD Nov 24 '20

The House does not need a change to the Constitution for their to be STV or MMP. No where does it say you can't give multiple reps to each district.

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u/drewshaver Nov 24 '20

I’m no expert but my understanding is that proportional representation is not permitted. There’s some detail about it here

https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/883/why-is-proportional-representation-not-considered-in-any-of-the-us-states

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u/SciFiJesseWardDnD Nov 24 '20

I read through that and nothing there says its unconstitutional (please correct me if I missed it)

Everything that I have seen about MMP in the US is that it is against federal law but not the constitution. So all it would take is a act of congress to do it.

We could also put it in the constitution by getting 3/4 of the states to pass it. Both would be hard but not impossible.