<div>Proportional representation. A very good idea. Yet what happened to Lani Guinier, Clinton administration appointee to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, an advocate for proportional representation?</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/03/1113commence.html">http://www.news.uiuc.edu/NEWS/03/1113commence.html</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.fairvote.org/reports/1993/hertzberg.html">http://www.fairvote.org/reports/1993/hertzberg.html</a></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/14/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andreas Schou</b> <<a href="mailto:ophite@gmail.com">ophite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Paul --<br><br>I think the money issue is a red herring. I think that the main issue<br>is the "winner-take-all" structure of our system. If our system
<br>apportioned seats in Congress according to the number of actual votes<br>for a party, rather than allowing voters (essentially) an up-or-down<br>vote on a regional incumbent. For instance, taking votes in the 2000<br>
election as a barometer of the way people might actually vote if this<br>were a case, our Congress would have 18 members from the Green party,<br>3 Libertarians, and 3 Constitution party members. Now, while the<br>Libertarians and Constitution Party members would probably caucus with
<br>the Republicans and the Greens with the Democrats, we would certainly<br>have a more diverse legislature.<br><br>-- ACS<br><br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,
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