[EM] British Columbia voting-method reform

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On 1/17/2018 5:45 AM, Greg Dennis wrote:
 > It will be interesting to see which methods ultimately make it on the
 > referendum ... and which method they use to choose the winner of the
 > referendum :)

I was told that the choice would be done using IRV (instant-runoff 
voting)!  Ironically that's not one of the options.  Of course that's 
because it's not a proportional method, which is clearly their primary goal.

For anyone not familiar with Canadian politics, they have more than two 
main parties, which makes their election results unpredictable and 
surprising, especially regarding party proportionality.  That's why 
election-method reform is likely to occur in Canada before it occurs in 
the U.S. (which is similar to what happened for women getting the right 
to vote).

Richard


On 1/17/2018 5:45 AM, Greg Dennis wrote:
> Richard,
>
> I'm not seeing the same information you are on the referendum site.
> First, there is no final referendum language or list of options yet.
> That is still to be determined, informed in part by the results of the
> survey.
>
> STV involves the direct election of individual candidates, so control
> would not be turned over to party insiders under that system. As you
> point out, the other methods could have that effect, if they use closed
> lists, but rather than gloss over the distinction between open and
> closed lists, the site explains the difference
> <https://engage.gov.bc.ca/howwevote/votingsystems/> under each system page.
>
> It will be interesting to see which methods ultimately make it on the
> referendum ... and which method they use to choose the winner of the
> referendum :)
>
> Greg
>
>
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