Today is an important election anniversary in the United States. The system every state uses to select candidates to the House of Representatives - one person elected per district - was mandated by Congress 50 years ago today, Dec. 14, 1967. That system is directly linked to many of the most serious problems in American democracy today.

In our latest video Drew Penrose, FairVote’s legal and policy director, describes this history, and explains how this system makes it possible for FairVote to project the partisan results of congressional elections years before anyone casts a single vote.

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You can read more about this system and make your own projections for the 2018 congressional elections at fairvote.org/monopoly_politics

Read more about the alternative to this system at fairrepact.com.