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Election Reform in the UK

http://www.nytimes.com/live/uk-elections-2015/breakdown-of-two-party-system-makes-predictions-more-complicated/

May 2015, as the British election produces calls to change its system, the first-past-the-post/winner-take-all system.

This electoral system, brought to the US from the British Empire, is feeling 'its age' -- and

is no longer a popular voting system in advanced industrial democracies around the world


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Electoral Reform US FairVote.jpg


Why Is Election Reform Needed in the US?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_reform_in_the_United_States

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/11/02/127962/three-electoral-reforms-improve/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-silver/democracy-reform_b_2909150.html

http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Electoral_System_Reform

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/22/5_signs_america_is_devolving_into_a_plutocracy_partner/

http://billmoyers.com/2015/05/01/political-reporters-refuse-show-us-money/

http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/02/26/end-big-moneys-chokehold-democracy-amend-constitution

http://americamagazine.org/issue/catholic-case-campaign-finance-reform

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-destruction-of-the-wisconsin-supreme-court

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/06/us/politics/fec-says-campaign-fines-hit-record-low-in-2014.html



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