Submission OBUYES-0736 (Online)
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| Submission By | Antonio Obuyes Jr |
| Address | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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| Date | 20040623 |
| Category | Democratic elections, Electoral system change |
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Abstract
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A proposal for the election of five additional (accelerated)
MLAs, to be selected as the second placed candidates from the
electoral districts from which five of the government's ministers
have been elected. [2 pages]
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Submission Content
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MODIFIED FIRST PAST THE POST
Under this system the current process of voting will still be
the same; we elect and choose the candidates as we do it today. The
only change to be made is at the end of the election when the
results and winning candidates are declared. We will
give importance to the runner-up or second place candidates in each
riding for the chance to be 'accelerated' to become an MLA when the
majority party forms the government. This modified system will
guarantee that the minority will always be represented in the
legislature. It might not be cost effective for now because we have
to have additional MLAs, but as the population grows, this will be
an effective system without adding any ridings.
My proposal is:
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When the winning party has been declared and forms a government,
the leader, as usual, will choose and pick his or
her own cabinet to form the government. The elected MLAs
who are chosen to become cabinet members will now
represent the whole province including their
ridings.
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The elevation of an MLA to the cabinet will not vacate his/her
seat, but the changes on the MLAs
status will give the opportunity to the candidate who were second
in the election to be automatically
become an MLA as a co-representative of that riding. (2 MLA in one
riding, one opposition, one cabinet member)
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The MLAs who are elevated to the cabinet will now holds 2 (two)
votes in the legislature to offset
the promotion of the other party's candidates. (2 votes
for the cabinet members, 1 vote for the accelerated candidates)
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If the government decides to shuffle the cabinet or
if vacancies occur, the accelerated MLAs
will not relinquished their seats; no additional
candidates will be accellerated until the next
election.
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If there is a 50 plus 1 majority of a certain party during the
election, that party, as usual, will form the government and choose
their cabinet , and they will have the option to bolster their
voting power by choosing a riding that a runner-up candidates of a
party is not yet represented in the house. The cost of having a
minority government will also eliminated.
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The ridings to have a accelerated MLAs are the following cabinet
Designations:
a) Premier
b) Finance Minister
c) Attorney General
d) Education Minister
e) Health Minister
The cabinet designations can be increase as needed but should
not be less than five.
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