Proportional elections are a natural right

All elections must be fair and equal and if they are not fair our rights have been violated. This is obviously true if the ballots have been tampered with because then someone is able to claim authority over us without a proper mandate. But it is also true if the elections being held are not proportional. If there are elections we have the right to vote for whom we like the most without the need to take into account how other people will vote (tactical voting). If we must try to work out how other people will vote in order to maximise the effectiveness of our own vote then our democratic rights have been violated. First past the post is a violation of our (natural) democratic rights. We might argue perhaps that since it is the government who organise elections it is they who have a right to determine their nature. But that is not the case. The existence of a state is generally an imposition on the people they do not choose it otherwise it would be part of the normal economy. The state is different in that it is a cost to the people... presumably a necessary cost. We might think it is vital to have a state otherwise the community will be exploited by a bigger and more powerful state. If this is the case (and a state is necessary) then the state has an obligation to make sure that it is democratic (with the consent of the people) and that the elections held are proportional. If the state is not elected proportionally then it has violated the natural rights of the citizens. The citizens have a natural right to proportional elections.