Every vote counts in the Tasmanian election This article is a guest post by Ralph Hall, previously Coordinator of the National Coalition for Proportional Representation, who has also held a range of other electoral system roles in both the UK and New... Posted 17 Jul 2025
First Past the Post has played havoc with Canadian federal elections Earlier this year, we wrote about Justin Trudeau’s regret at failing to deliver electoral reform during his near decade as Canada’s Prime Minister, despite first coming to power with a manifesto commitment to end First... Posted 24 Apr 2025
Exploring the proportional outcome of Germany’s 2025 Federal election With around 84.5 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous country in western Europe. A German Federal election, where representatives are elected to the Bundestag (Germany’s national parliament), is therefore always an important event. From... Posted 24 Feb 2025
How Trudeau missed the opportunity for electoral reform in Canada At the beginning of 2025, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his decision to resign. He will stay in office until March 2025, when the Liberal Party selects a new leader, who will also... Posted 29 Jan 2025
Unlike the UK, Ireland’s voting system can cope with changing voter preferences When Ireland goes to the polls for its general election, on Friday 29 November, it will mark over 100 years of elections using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) form of proportional representation for the Irish... Posted 28 Nov 2024
Could Trump lose the popular vote for the third time but secure a second term as President? Before the last US Presidential election, in 2020, we asked whether it was possible for Donald Trump to again lose the popular vote but win the Presidency, as he had done in 2016. Although this... Posted 05 Nov 2024
What Kamala Harris’ nomination means for the American party system Rob Richie is the co-founder and senior advisor to FairVote, a sister organisation to the Electoral Reform Society. FairVote is a nonpartisan organisation in America, campaigning for better elections for all, working to make ‘Ranked... Posted 22 Aug 2024
Changing Politics: Election reform opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic (FairVote and Electoral Reform Society) 2024 has been a big election year in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and both countries are experiencing shared political trends – like unrepresentative election outcomes, growing support for independents and third... Posted 21 Aug 2024
European local government: New ideas of decentralisation in a changing world I was delighted to be asked to moderate the main Plenary Session of the 9th Annual Congress on European Local Government in Poland last week to discuss ‘New Ideas of Decentralisation in a Changing World’.... Posted 12 Mar 2024
How do countries around the world deal with overseas voters? In October, legislation was introduced which would enable over 3 million more British citizens to vote. Wondering where the government have found 3 million extra voters? They’re the long-term UK diaspora, as the Guardian termed... Posted 08 Dec 2023