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lapfog_1

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2. votes for the House should no longer be geographic
Sun Nov 30, 2025, 11:47 AM
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Unless we expand the House to be more representative ( i.e. one House member for every 100,000 or 150,000 voters )... I propose that the House delegations for a state be based on percentage of state wide popular vote. Basically all candidates run for the N seats available, voters get to choose 1 candidate. when the votes are tallied up, the N top vote recipients are elected. Your congressperson is the one you voted for, should they be in the top N. If your candidate doesn't make the cut, then you get to pick your congressperson out of the N that won.

This will lead to fair representation in the House of people from a state. It would end 1 party rule at the state congressional delegation ( state house and county and city elections would still be geographically determined for obvious reasons ).

The republicans, by way of having more small population states, have a very unfair advantage in the Senate and in the electoral college. But at least the House would likely move more to the majority side... and I think it would encourage more minority (political minority) voters to turn out on election day in every state.

Just a thought.

Where I live really doesn't much affect things now... I am not tied to the land, my neighbors, or my house really.

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