Fair Representation Act: Power to the People

Published: March 26, 2021, 11 a.m.

Our electoral system — whoever has the most votes wins — is broken.

The seemingly obvious solution is actually incredibly dysfunctional and destroys democracy: the Spoiler Effect works against accurate representation and voter choice, makes millions of votes simply "not count", gives almost absolute power to the two much-hated parties, and allows for gerrymandering and political polarization, encouraging divisiveness.

Luckily, there is a solution. The Fair Representation Act proposes three simple fixes: independent redistricting commissions rather than partisanship, ranked choice voting to make races both more cooperative and more competitive, and multi-member districts to help with proportional representation.