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Let's get this petition trending!

Let's get this petition trending!

It's election day! Whatever you do today, make sure you vote, with your head and your heart.

Our polling shows that 35 per cent of people are likely to vote tactically in the general election. This is a symptom of our out-of-date, ‘one-party-takes-all’ system.

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Just a few days to go to polling day

Just a few days to go to polling day

With polling day rapidly approaching this Thursday, we wanted to let you know what we've been up to over the last week in the campaign for Proportional Representation.

Thank you so much once again if you've contributed to our Crowdfunder, which is still live. If you haven't yet, please consider chipping in to help us reach our stretch target - and make sure we can come out swinging whatever the election result.

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Every day should be Democracy Day!

Every day should be Democracy Day!

Today, Thursday 5th December, is Democracy Day! More than 20 campaigns have joined forces in an unprecedented effort to call out the ‘radio silence’ on reforming the voting system. Rarely have so many organisations come together at election time to shine the spotlight on such a crucial issue.

This network of democracy organisations is calling for parties, activists, and the media to use Thursday 5th December as a key date in the electoral calendar to discuss the ‘elephant in the polling booth’ – the need to reform how politics works in Britain.

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The latest manifestos and Proportional Representation

The latest manifestos and Proportional Representation

As we hurtle towards election day, another batch of manifestos have been published. And, as ever, we've been looking out for the parties' policies on Proportional Representation.

Here, we take a look at what the manifestos say about changing the voting system, and where we might go from here in the fight to win fair votes. Missed the manifestos already published? Check out our blog to get up to speed on the latest from all the parties.

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This week's manifestos on Proportional Representation

This week's manifestos on Proportional Representation

With just three weeks to go until the general election, we've seen a spate of parties publish their manifestos lately - setting out policies on everything from broadband to bus services.

What we want to know, of course, are their policies on Proportional Representation - and how we can win fair votes for the UK.

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Ask your candidates to #PledgeForPR

Ask your candidates to #PledgeForPR

If you’re wondering how to find out whether your general election candidates are fans of Proportional Representation (PR), then we’ve got it covered with our #PledgeForPR campaign. You can easily ask your local candidates if they want to bring in a fair voting system, or if they want to keep our undemocratic First Past the Post system.

And if you’re standing as a candidate and you want to see PR introduced simply take the pledge and show your support for PR!

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