Restoring Your Voice
"The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large." - John Adams, Thoughts on Government
"The principal difficulty lies, and the greatest care should be employed in constituting this Representative Assembly. It should be in miniature, an exact portrait of the people at large." - John Adams, Thoughts on Government
34.1% of Utahns are registered as independent or third-party, but they have 0 legislators representing them.
Only 6/90 Utah legislative races in 2022 were considered close races, meaning a 10% or less margin of victory. That's just 6.7% of races!
Gov. Spencer Cox won his primary with just 36.1% of the vote. Candidates and voters deserve to know exactly how much winners are liked. Given his approval ratings, he should have won with more using Approval Voting!
All of this is a result of our choose-one voting method and is causing our government to no longer accurately represent our people, but we know how to fix that.
