On November 8, Maine voted to switch to a ranked-choice voting system. Though overshadowed by other results of that election, the switch will create a dramatic change in the underlying structure of the state’s political institutions. Under ranked-choice voting, voters receive ballots which offer them three slots to rank candidates in any order that they […]
Elections
Canada’s Elections and the Folly of First Past the Post
Prime Minister Trudea’s landslide victory was artificially inflated by an outdated voting system. It’s time for Canada to ditch First Past the Post once and for all.
The Upcoming British Elections Explained
On May 7th, 2015, the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will vote in one of the most tightly contested elections in British history. The next Prime Minister will either be Ed Milliband of the center-left Labour party or David Cameron of the Conservative party, returning for a second term […]