Thursday 28 November 2013

Without proportionality there is no representation

Without proportionality representation has no meaning. We are not represented if our vote is not counted equally with that of other voters. The term ‘proportional representation’ is a tautology because the word ‘proportional’ is redundant. All representation is proportional and so then proportionality is a requirement for a representative democracy. We do not have a representative democracy if there is not a proportional voting system in use.

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