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Posted Oct 29, 2025 12:17 UTC (Wed) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Same as before by brunowolff
Parent article: Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal

> I think having some sort of proportional voting system for assemblies would be an improvement. But I think you also want local representation as well as party representation, so it's going to be messy. (Things would probably work better if there weren't parties, but that isn't happening.)

Actually, I think for countries using FPTP (like the US/UK) there is an easy step: do Multi-Member Representation at city level. So instead of dividing a city like New York into districts that each elect one person, combine them all into one multi-member district with the same number of members for the whole city, but within the city it's proportional. Since city boundaries are already defined elsewhere you solve the gerrymandering problem entirely. Similarly, rural counties can be combined with similar surrounding counties.

There's no requirement that all regions have the same size.

The effect on the politics would be dramatic though. Adding just a few seats for smaller parties can significantly affect the balance of power. The whole current setup in the US is dependent on division and exclusion, and that becomes quite different if minor parties have a chance.

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Posted Oct 29, 2025 19:52 UTC (Wed) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75) [Link] (1 responses)

To make this work in the USA, you would need to do it at the state level rather than city, because representatives are assigned at the state level. You would also need to do it for all states simultaneously rather than letting each state do it if they wanted to, because having some states with proportional representation and others with (potentially gerrymandered) districts would make a mess of Congress.

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Posted Oct 30, 2025 13:32 UTC (Thu) by taladar (subscriber, #68407) [Link]

Isn't e.g. the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Inter... already based on the ability to use different systems per state for the federal election systems?