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Kate Vacek's avatar

How would proportional representation be implemented in a state with only one representative in Congress (like North Dakota, where I live)? Would we have to increase the number of seats in the House across all the states?

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Protect Democracy's avatar

Unfortunately PR does require more than one representative to work, so right now it can't be applied to Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming — but we also think it would work *extremely* well with lifting the arbitrary cap on the size of the House, which would be beneficial for all sorts of other reasons: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/where-will-they-all-sit?utm_source=publication-search

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Nathan Lockwood's avatar

Great stuff! More on Massachusetts here: https://nathanlockwood.substack.com/p/can-the-bay-state-be-a-beacon-for

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Alex Marianyi's avatar

Is there a grassroots group lobbying Congress on this?

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Grace-in-Space's avatar

Can someone point me ro an explanation on the logistics of voting for this? E.g., if a population is 70% Democratic, and 3 reps could be elected, all 3 would be Democrats, right? How would representation for minority parties/racial groups/etc be factored in?

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Carl Selfe's avatar

Rise. We have protests to do now. Good trouble.

https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/100-free-protest-signs?r=3m1bs

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