Preamble We are in the midst of a Gerrymandering war, and it seems to me that the simple solution would be to switch from FPTP to Proportional. Current politicians should want it because they wouldn’t have to survive primaries anymore and be able to keep their seats in the party or be influential in the new party structure. Citizens should want it because it would break apart the 2 party system, make every vote count, and finally make us represented.

The Amendment

Section 1- The legislatures of the several states shall be unicameral and elected therein by a system of proportionality where the number of seats a political party gets in the legislature is equal to the proportional share of the votes. All local councils wherein the total number of residents is greater than or equal to One-Hundred-Thousand, or where the number of elected legislative officials is equal to or greater to Twenty-Five shall also be required to have proportional elections.

Section 2- The election of the House of Representatives in the United States federal government shall no longer have seats be apportioned to each state on account of population, the house will henceforth be starting during the next election be elected via a single vote where eligible voters will vote for a party and the parties will get the total number of seats proportional to the total number of votes received. The total number of seats for the house will be set at One-Thousand.

Section 3- Each of the state legislatures shall hold an election amongst themselves where members of the state legislature who are Thirty years of age or older may put their name in contention for election to the senate, each member of the state legislature will then cast a ballot where they rank each candidate from most to least preferred, if no person wins a majority of first preference votes then the candidate with the least number of first preference votes will be out of the running and the second preference of their votes will be added to the total, so on and so forth until one candidate reaches a majority. In the event of deadlock the Governor of the state will break the tie.

Section 4- Each state shall be required to register every citizen over the age of 18 to vote automatically and shall provide free of charge a voter identification card is identification is required to vote by state law, and no person shall be removed from the voter rolls unless proof of death, change in residency or revocation of citizenship.