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Cambridge has used the system since 1941, with the proclaimed purpose of representing minorities within an elected body meant to serve not just the majority of voters. Indeed, the Cambridge system stands in striking contrast to the form of most state and national elections in the United States. Both are based on the perplexing notion that 51 percent of the vote deserves 100 percent of the representation. In this very manner we elect our Congress and our state legislatures. It is a winner-take-all system that awards disproportionate power to even the slightest majority...
...vote truly becomes one's voice to be heard in the apportionment of representation. Nations that use proportional representation enjoy voter turnout rates high above those in the United States, which is currently mired in an undeniably alarming state of voter apathy. Voters in America are reluctant to vote for a third party because they fear theirs will be a wasted vote, and this may discourage them from voting altogether...
Windy day. The forecast said 15-25 mph with gusts up to 50. We stayed indoors for practice. The workout: CII ergometer6K for those who hadn't done it yet, and 50 minutes steady-state for everyone else. I was planning to do an hour but my back started to hurt and I stopped after 53 minutes and did the weight circuit. I wanted to go down this morning but my back was sore after yesterday's work and a poor night's sleep so I stayed in bed; that first step out of bed is the hardest...
...Wednesday police raid in which dozens of valuables ? believed to be gifts presented him while in office ? were removed from his house. "There were certainly rumors of corruption during Netanyahu's term in office, and nobody was particularly shocked at allegations that he and his wife had pilfered the state silver," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "But he's always gotten out of trouble before, and I wouldn't bet against him this time...
Among the many provisions of the act was a provision requiring state child support offices to establish paternity in the birth of out-of-wedlock children receiving welfare. States must make progress towards establishing the father in 90 percent of these children, or else lose massive amounts of federal welfare money paid out in block grants...