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"Power Grid" how to show elections
Alexander Mackenzie -- "Alex MacKenzie from Canada by land 22d July 1793"
Swedish PR - Proportional Representation in Sweden
Election systems - Strengths and Weaknesses (An Electoral Reform syllabus/short course)
2024 BC election PR analysis
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe heckled King Charles on behalf of Indigenous peoples of Australia. She had been elected through STV
1871 W.R. Ware conducted early demonstration STV election, invented IRV, wrote Machinery of Politics
Canadian Senate - unelected and undemocratic in sentiment and form
The Uruguayan way to have multiple candidates of one party run in a single-winner election without suffering from vote splitting
United Kingdom - use of multi-member districts
Democracy and PR
Democratic benefits clear when the election system is changed -- electoral reform in Edmonton shows effect
BC STV - STV was used in several BC cities 1917-1923
Singh-Trudeau deal ends, media in a tizzy (Millwoods Mosaic, Sept. 2024) (Confidence and Supply Agreement)
Arrow's Impossibility theorem is bereft of importance IMO, plus musings on ranked votes (STV)
We need stronger democracy, not technocrats
NDP rural possibilities not as bleak as people say
A simple PR plan for Canada -- MMP with multi-seat districts of city or county size
Emily Murphy
Pantheon of Edmonton leftists - John Galbraith -- author of Utopian novel, lawyer, unsuccessful political candidate