- Jonathan Kay on B.C.'s electoral-reform referendum: Say no to STV
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One sign that a society is running out of real problems is that bored upper-middle-class types start inventing phony ones. Thus do we periodically get initiatives aimed at replacing our perfectly functional first-past-the-post electoral system with some hybrid alternative that few understand or support. In Ontario, this alternative — soundly rejected at the polls in 2007 — was called mixed-member proportional representation. In British Columbia, it's called the "Single Transferable Vote." On May 12, B.C. will hold a referendum (in conjunction with a general election) in which voters will be given the choice whether to stick with the old system for electing MLAs, or bring in STV. Let's hope they stick with the old system — and not just because the new acronym sounds like something you caught from your old college boyfriend.
Thursday, May 07, 2009
40% Of Electorate Already Find Voting Tiresome
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- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.
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