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		<description><![CDATA[Listen in: how the Northwest can bring power back to ordinary people. | Last week, Sightline senior researcher Kristin Eberhard spoke about how to make voting systems more democratic on Speak Up Speak Out Radio. Archaic voting systems are crippling democracy and disenfranchising voters. In this interview, Kristin examines pitfalls of the current winner-take-all voting system and proposes how alternative voting systems, such as proportional representation voting, brings power back to ordinary people. Proportional representation voting helps elect people who better reflect their constituents&#8217; interests, reduce the influence of big money...]]></description>
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