I believe that we must move towards proportional representation,
therefore my vote is for the MMP system. People want their vote to
count. More women would get elected, and environmental
considerations and minority issues would always be considered in
discussions in the legislature.
Using the STV system, voters are not fully represented, and
there may still be distorted and/or exaggerated results from an
election; also vote counting would be very complicated.
As in your statement, I believe that "the outcome of an election
should reflect the expressed intentions of citizens as expressed in
their votes." No other system other than one that is
proportional will do that. We have seen the huge distortions of
power that have occurred using our old FPTP system, and it is time
to try a different system: one that will speak to the diversity of
issues and needs of our province. Using the MMP system allows us to
vote for the party of our choice as well as our favoured local
candidate.
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