Proportional Representation
Portland Election Delivers City’s Most Representative Council Ever
Proportional ranked choice voting lived up to the promises of the voter-approved charter reform.
What Can Portland Learn from America’s Oldest Proportional Election System?
City Councilor Burhan Azeem shares his experiences from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Proportional Representation Helps Candidates, Too
Tired of focusing on fundraising just to keep your campaign afloat? Voters aren’t the only ones who can benefit from fairer election systems.
How Proportional Representation Gave American Voters Meaningful Representation in the 1900s
And how racial fears and the Red Scare stopped it in its tracks.
Portland: Why Risk Gerrymandering When You Could Go Proportional?
Un-gerrymandered districts would keep racial groups in the minority across the city.
Want to Give Portlanders of Color a Voice on City Council? Districts Won’t Help
But proportional ranked choice voting would reliably give voters of color a voice in City Hall.
