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>Given all that, talking about proportional representation is a complete waste of time, and it gets in the way of having constructive conversation about this su
by spott 10y ago
>Given all that, talking about proportional representation is a complete waste of time, and it gets in the way of having constructive conversation about this subject. It is constitutionally impossible to disband the House of Representatives and switch to proportional representation.
I'm curious, what is the Constitutional argument against proportional representation within states? A complete proportional representation system that spans the states is obviously unconstitutional, but I'm not sure that a proportional representation system within states is. Can you expand on this?
- dragonwriter 10y agoThere is no Constitutional limit. There is, however, a statutory limit (2 USC §2c) [0]. [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/2c https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/2/2c
- redtexture 10y agoSee: The History of Single Member Districts for Congress: Seeking Fair Representation Before Full Representation - by Tory Mast http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=526 http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=526