Submission ADAMS-0782 (Online)

Change the voting from the current plurality method, where the winning candidate just needs to get more votes than the next candidate, regardless of percent of the total popular vote, to the majority method [AV], where the winning candidate HAS to get 50% + 1 vote of the overall popular vote. This method would ensure that the winning candidate truly gains the majority of the Popular Vote. Under the current method, practically every sitting MLA might have achieved 30-40% of the popular vote to gain office, despite being opposed by the majority of voters; or,

Change the current electoral seat system to a proportional seat system, where, the seats occupied in the Legislature are by proportion of the voting results. That is, if one party achieves 25% of the popular vote, then they are awarded a corresponding 25% of the seats on the Legislature.