Original post on sfba.social

Santa Monica should ditch its plurality at-large council elections and come into compliance with the California Voting Rights Act. But winner-take-all district elections aren't the only possible solution. Proportional #RankedChoiceVoting gives minority groups of all kinds the best opportunity to […]

Regarding how it would work, it depends on which PR method you use and how large to make the districts.

What you describe is closed-list PR (e.g., Spain). Open-list would let you vote for party *and* a candidate (e.g., Finland). #PRCV would let you vote *just* for candidates (e.g., Ireland). (2/3)

🎉 Our new report is live! "Parity in Portland" shows how public financing, PRCV, and community leadership helped Portland elect a city council that is 50% women, with a majority of women of color — the most representative in its history.

📖 Read → https://bit.ly/48YFIRA

#NewReport #PRCV #Portland

Weekend Reading on Women's Representation: The Complicated Road to Electing a Woman President; Feminists Flee Twitter; RCV Preserved in Alaska by Slim Majority - Ms. Magazine Weekend Reading on Women's Representation: The Complicated Road to Electing a Woman President; Feminists Flee Twitter; RCV Preserved in Alaska by Slim Majority

My column 🗞️ on Women’s Representation on @msmagazine.bsky.social with #RankedChoiceVoting outcomes — women now hold 52% of seats in places w/ #RCV, wins for women & reform, thoughts on Violence Against Women Day #NoExcuse & 1st use of #PRCV goes well in Portland, OR msmagazine.com/2024/11/22/p...

Technically, #RCV with multi-member districts is the #ProRep method #PRCV. I know some political scientists only consider it semi-proportional, but it still elegantly solves gerrymandering.