I would like to make my views known to the Assembly and add my
vote to a new electoral system based on a Mixed Member Proportional
system similar to New Zealand and Germany. I recommend the
following features:
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Minimum percentage of votes required to get any seats
be set at 5% of the Provincial total.
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The number of Party list seats be set at a low number
to both reduce the increase in
geographical area of Constituencies and
minimize the reduction in regional seats, particularly
in northern BC.
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Set the number of list seats at 8-12.
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No seats in Northern BC to be eliminated or increased
in size.
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Party list seats to specify that the number one place
be automatically given to the Party Leader and
number two place assigned to the Deputy leader.
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Each party to present the Party List two weeks before
the General Election begins.
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Each Party to determine the allocation of
seats and this process to be made public.
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Each person on the Party List must have
a biography as part of the public information
submitted to Elections BC.
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Voting will be on two separate ballots. One
for the local candidate and one for the
Party.
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Only Parties running candidates in the
Electoral District can have their name on the Party
ballot.
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Only officially registered Parties may be listed and
they must run candidates in at least 25% of
the Electoral Districts in BC to get on the
Party ballot.
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