As a member of one of the smaller political parties in BC, I was
appalled by the fact that we were able to obtain 12% of the popular
vote but still get not a single seat in the Legislature. And the
party that got 97% of the seats only got 58% of the popular vote.
This is blatantly unfair and makes me feel like not even bothering
to vote anymore unless something is done to change this system. I
advocate a Mixed Proportional Representation system similar to the
one being used in New Zealand to deal with this situation. Our
electoral system needs to be changed as soon as possible.
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