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# New Bill Would Revolutionize US Elections in a Big Way
- URL: https://ivn.us/new-bill-revolutionize-elections-big-way/
- Published: 2017-06-26T21:23:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:58:26.000Z
- Author: Thomas A Hawk
- Tags: News

US Rep. **Don Beyer** (D-Va.) introduced a bill that calls for radical changes to the way congressional elections are conducted.

It is called the [**Fair Representation Act**](https://ivn.us/2017/06/15/fair-representation-act-best-solution-end-partisan-gerrymandering/), and it would revolutionize not only the way members of the House are elected, but also how congressional districts are drawn.

https://twitter.com/repdonbeyer/status/879415524211400704

"Our country is divided along class, political, and ideological lines like never before, and frustration with our current brand of politics is at a tipping point," Beyer says.

> *"Less than 20 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is doing its job. A big reason for this is the incredible polarization, the hollowing out of the political center that has taken hold of Congress over the last two decades." - US Rep. Don Beyer*

Beyer says the Fair Representation Act, which he introduced with Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), [FairVote](http://www.fairvote.org/?ref=ivn.us)'s Rob Richie and Krist Novoselic, and Lanae Erickson Hatalsky of [Third Way](http://www.thirdway.org/?ref=ivn.us), can create a healthier political environment for legislating, give voters more choice, and make every election meaningful to every voter.

The Fair Representation Act would:

1. Implement [ranked choice voting](https://ivn.us/tag/ranked-choice-voting) for primary and general elections;
2. Reform electoral districting by using multi-member districts in states with more than one seat;
3. Use independent redistricting commissions to draw these districts; and
4. Eliminate winner-take-all in congressional elections to ensure all voters get fair representation.

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