The Fair Representation Act has been re-introduced in Congress. This bold solution can stop gerrymandering and make Congress work for every American.
The Fair Representation Act can solve partisan gerrymandering, make every congressional district competitive, and encourage politicians to represent all of us instead of just their base. It does this by combining three reforms:
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Multi-member districts. In three- or five-member districts, nearly every voter will elect a candidate they support. Voters like Massachusetts Republicans and Oklahoma Democrats will be represented in Congress. Gerrymandering will become nearly impossible.
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Ranked choice voting for all U.S. House and Senate elections. RCV frees voters to support their favorite candidates, and encourages candidates to reach out to more voters for second-choice support. When RCV is used in multi-member districts, it is a form of proportional representation.
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Uniform rules for congressional redistricting
The Fair Representation Act can be passed without a constitutional amendment. It truly has the potential to transform our political system and create a more inclusive and deliberative government which respects and empowers all voices.
This is great and all. But we should also un cap the number of seats in the house.
Hell to the No!!!
We need more representatives not less. When we were founded it think the number was about one rep per 30k citizens. I think it is over a million now.
We need to get back to the earlier ratio because there would be too many representatives to bully and bribe as is the case now.
Actually that was my exact point. But somehow instead of hitting the u my thumb hit the i.
That’s a good idea. Is there a group or legislation pushing for that?
Supporting FRA doesn’t stop you from also reforming the number of seats in the house. Please send an email to your representative.
We should also limit the terms of the Supreme Court justices.
Unfortunately there isn’t a current one that I know of. But it is the thing we could do that would make the most sense. A lot of these weird gerrymandered districts are because of the camp number of seats in the house. And far more people than were ever intended being represented by a single person. If we went back to how it was originally intended. Districts would be much smaller and more representative by default. Though I would still be all for making them more representative.