Description
We talk about elections: Voting rights, popular vote, jungle primaries, and more
Intro
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New Zealand system:
- You vote for party, not person. Each party has candidate lists
- Each district is has more than one person in parliament
- It’s ranked choice voting
- Everyone who wins a seat, gets their seats
- Parties who don’t win enough seats to be represented get extra seats
Voting Rights
Presidential elections
- Electoral College
- National Popular Votes Interstate Compact
Jungle Primaries
- Open Primaries
- Top 2
- Top 4 with Ranked Choice
Sources:
https://ballotpedia.org/Top-two_primary
https://openprimariesid.org/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/supreme-court-alabama-gop-congressional-map
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