Fix Our House
Fix Our House is an American nonprofit electoral reform organization that advocates for instituting proportional representation (PR) in the House of Representatives. The organization views PR as a solution to polarization, gerrymandering, safe and uncontested seats, and hyper-partisan primaries.[1] The group has ties to the anti-filibuster Fix Our Senate.[2][3]
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| Founded | March 2022[4] |
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Key people | Lee Drutman, Eli Zupnick, and Dr. Charlotte Hill (co-founders) |
| Website | www |
Goals
[edit]In an interview with Roll Call, co-founder Eli Zupnick stated, "We are much more focused on making the case for proportional representation, generally, as a first step — for people to understand why this is important, to understand why the current system is broken."[5]
Fix Our House supports amending or repealing PL 90-196, a 1967 law that states "no district [is] to elect more than one Representative."[6] The group advocates changing single-member districts in House races to multi-member districts, sometimes by splitting states into several districts with multiple members.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Only Way to Fix Congress". TIME. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ Nwanevu, Osita; Tomasky, Michael; Tomasky, Michael; Nwanevu, Osita; Nwanevu, Osita; Nwanevu, Osita; Nwanevu, Osita; Nwanevu, Osita; Nwanevu, Osita (2022-03-07). "American Democracy Is Broken. Can Proportional Representation Fix It?". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ Strauss, Daniel (2021-05-11). "Divided Republicans reunite to mount defense of filibuster". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "Fix Our House Launches to Promote Proportional Representation in House of Representatives". www.fixourhouse.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ Saksa, Jim (2022-04-08). "Partisan 'doom loop'? The answer is more parties, this group says". Roll Call. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ "PUBLIC LAW 90-196" (PDF). 14 December 1967.
- ^ "Why Proportional Representation | Fix Our House". www.fixourhouse.org. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ^ Berman, Russell (2023-07-06). "A Radical Idea for Fixing Polarization". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-11-20.