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Fair point. How about an additional amendment spelling out an alternative method for elections to the legislative branch? Do away with plurality and introduce e

• dragonwriter 13y ago
  Personally, I'd prefer no federal Constitutional amendments on the issue, and eliminating the federal statutory barriers to candidate-centered proportional representation, and then letting states try different approaches using preference voting, both in single and multimember districts, before imposing a specific uniform national approach as a Constitutional requirement. First, because its a lot easier to achieve politically, and second, because while I've got pretty clear ideas of both the legislative and executive approaches I think would be best, I don't think its a big enough change that there is plenty of reason to be cautious in imposing a uniform national mandatory rule.