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In common usage, "'''advocacy'''" refers to the political process by an individual or group which aims to influence public-policy and resource allocation decisions. The word "'''activism'''" refers to efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, religious, economic, or environmental change. We use the words interchangeably here on [[electowiki]].
There are many electoral reform organizations all over the world. Since electoral reform is heavily dependent on local laws and local communities, many nations and localities have separate chapters for advocacy purposes.
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=== Europe ===
:''main article: [[Advocacy/Europe]]
==== United Kingdom ====
* [[Electoral Reform Society]] (website: https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/)
=== North America ===
:''main article: [[
Below are links to activism organizations in countries in [[wikipedia:North America|North America]], such as [[wikipedia:Canada|Canada]], the [[wikipedia:United States|United States]], and [[wikipedia:Mexico|Mexico]].
==== Canada ====
:''main article: [[
* [[Equal Vote Coalition]]
* [https://www.fairvote.ca/ FairVote Canada]
==== Mexico ====
:''main article: [[
==== United States ====
:''main article: [[
There are many organizations advocating for electoral reform in the [[United States]]. Among those:
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== Notes ==
Voting reform activism generally follows a plan of studying a voting reform academically, educating voters about the proposed voting reform, and quantifying the positive and/or negative effects of the reform after its implementation. Example: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/about/transparency/#strategic-docs|title=Transparency|website=The Center for Election Science|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14|date=|last=|first=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲Voting reform activism generally follows a plan of studying a voting reform academically, educating voters about the proposed voting reform, and quantifying the positive and/or negative effects of the reform after its implementation. Example: <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.electionscience.org/about/transparency/|title=Transparency|website=The Center for Election Science|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-14}}</ref>
== References ==
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