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Recent Examples on the Web By adopting proportional representation, Congress could ensure that the people’s house always actually represents the people. — Matt Ford, The New Republic, "How to Fix the House of Representatives," 31 Dec. 2020 Over the past year, the agency’s 46-member board, which includes a proportional representation of officials from its member counties and the city of Cleveland, has become more committed to racial, social and economic equity. — Steven Litt, cleveland, "NOACA board approves new policy on interchanges that could limit sprawl, encourage smart growth," 12 Dec. 2020 About one-third of cable content does not have proportional representation for many different identity groups, including women, Black people, Hispanic/Latino people, the LGBTQ community and Indigenous people. — David Oliver, USA TODAY, "Women 'still underrepresented' on screen, Nielsen diversity on TV study shows," 4 Dec. 2020 Its 46-member board includes a proportional representation of the populations in its member counties. — Steven Litt, cleveland, "NOACA to hold online webinar Monday, November 9 to discuss new draft policy on highway interchanges," 5 Nov. 2020 Parties contested for 120 seats via party list under proportional representation, while the remainder were decided by majority vote, compared to 77 and 73 respectively in 2016. — Helena Bedwell, Bloomberg.com, "Georgia’s Ruling Party Claims Victory in Parliamentary Elections," 1 Nov. 2020 New Zealand’s Labour Party romped home to secure a fresh term at a general election, winning 49% of the vote and an overall parliamentary majority, the first for any party in the country since proportional representation was adopted in 1996. — The Economist, "Politics this week," 22 Oct. 2020 With 49 percent of the vote, Ardern’s Labour Party is projected to have an outright parliamentary majority—a first for any New Zealand party since the country moved to its proportional representation system more than two decades ago. — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, "Jacinda Ardern’s Job Will Only Get Harder," 17 Oct. 2020 Ardern’s Labour Party secured the first outright majority in parliament since the introduction of proportional representation in 1996 and, if preliminary results stand, its biggest share of the vote in more than 70 years. — Ainsley Thomson, Bloomberg.com, "Ardern Storms to Historic Election Victory After Crushing Covid," 17 Oct. 2020

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“Proportional representation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proportional%20representation. Accessed 27 Jan. 2021.